Grrr. I *never* leave my gloves or any clothing or footwear outside because foxes take them. Today for some reason I left my gloves - almost brand new, quite expensive, only started wearing them yesterday - on the bench. I came inside for a cuppa, was in for half an hour at most. And of course, when I went back out, one glove was missing - so angry with myself. Thought it was probably the foxes but perhaps the squirrels... until I started clearing up the pots etc where I'd left them and realised a fox had left its calling card - diarrhoea on the bench, tools and dribbling down onto the compost sacks below.
Sorry if tmi but grrrrrrrrrrr!
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
We have loads - happy to pass them on to anyone who wants them. I'll throw in a free pair of amorous squirrels. In fact, I'll pay you to take them!
Appreciating the local wildlife is difficult on days like today. The slugs will probably see off the companion French marigolds I've planted in the veg beds overnight as well 🤬
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Yep all ready to go. We were caught out on a few things when the last one turned up early so lesson learned. Hopefully we won't have to deal with rehoming a ferret this time though.
I've heard of using ferrets to drive rabbits out, but it seems a bit excessive in this situation.
Back before i knew better, pregnant friend's baby was very late. She told me someone had suggested rhubarb and honey would shift it. It was a few moments before I realised she was meant to eat it!
When a labouring woman needs to go to hospital, her birth partner is not the best person to drive her there. When I worked in a maternity unit, I always advised expecting parents, "If you're owed any favours, now's the time to call them in," and to draw up a list of car-owning friends who were willing to be called on at unsocial hours. You want someone who can give the woman all their attention while a third person drives. They can then drop you off at the best place and drive away, thus avoiding the nightmare that is trying to park anywhere near a hospital.
Very wise. I'm curmudgeonly tonight because it dried up just a bit to enable me to run round the garden to deadhead the roses, why oh why do we have to have torrential rain just when the roses were looking magnificent. Mine are so beaten down and bedraggled.
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Sorry if tmi but grrrrrrrrrrr!
Appreciating the local wildlife is difficult on days like today. The slugs will probably see off the companion French marigolds I've planted in the veg beds overnight as well 🤬
I'm curmudgeonly tonight because it dried up just a bit to enable me to run round the garden to deadhead the roses, why oh why do we have to have torrential rain just when the roses were looking magnificent. Mine are so beaten down and bedraggled.