Get a humane trap and put in some fudge or chocolate, make sure the pieces are quite small so the mouse has to go right in and can't grab it from the entrance. Next morning take it for a little walk and release it . We caught several in the understairs cupboard .....
We're right in the countryside so have accepted we will always have a mouse issue. Every winter we catch about 3 in a home-made humane trap. Then take them on a journey (at least two miles away) and release. The humane trap is so easy to build - a glass bowl (so you can see if you've caught anything.) A fork, a screw and we use fudge for bait. Put the fudge on the tip of the fork, put the screw on the end of the fork handle and balance the bowl at an angle on that. As soon as mousey pulls at the bait it wobbles the bowl off the screw and falls down to trap it. Simple and no mouse harmed ( although I can't guarantee its survival after its release!)
I left out a small pile of blue grain for my furry friend and noticed this morning that most of it had gone. I found a few droppings, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he/she wont be back. I live on the edge of countryside and sometimes see field mice scuttling around in the garden - that's fine, I'm happy to share my garden with them, but I have to draw the line when they start pooing in my (make-shift) kitchen.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I completely agree with you Pete. I have 'one' in the garden who happily eats alongside the birds in the feeders. Love watching him/her, but there's no way he/she is getting in the house Fancy some seeded batch bread ?
We used that too @Hazel-1, but I think we'd have needed to fill the entire cupboard with it to keep them out
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
BREAD - proper BREAD I miss it so much. Since 2010 I've made my own sourdough loaves twice a week but since works began at the end of April I have had to by shop bread for my lunch time sarnie - it's revolting! sweet, salty, tasteless and like chewing blotting paper. I've tried so many different brands - they're all horrible. Another 2 weeks to go and I'll be able to bake again - can't come soon enough!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I tried making Irish soda bread when we got back from Ireland, not a patch on the real thing, I think the flour is wrong, and it's too hot to make my usual bread so shop bought will have to do @Pete.8
Mine tastes right about 5%of the time. The rest of the time, it's rubbish so I've given up. A reasonable substitute is M&S soda bread. Buy the unsliced and put it in the oven at gas 3or 4 until you can smell it. This is necessary to cook it properly otherwise it tastes raw.It will get a nice crust too. Not nearly as good as the real thing and a bit sweet for my taste, but it's better than some of my worst failures. You can freeze it before you heat it too.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I found a few droppings, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he/she wont be back.
I live on the edge of countryside and sometimes see field mice scuttling around in the garden - that's fine, I'm happy to share my garden with them, but I have to draw the line when they start pooing in my (make-shift) kitchen.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Fancy some seeded batch bread ?
We used that too @Hazel-1, but I think we'd have needed to fill the entire cupboard with it to keep them out
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Since 2010 I've made my own sourdough loaves twice a week but since works began at the end of April I have had to by shop bread for my lunch time sarnie - it's revolting! sweet, salty, tasteless and like chewing blotting paper. I've tried so many different brands - they're all horrible.
Another 2 weeks to go and I'll be able to bake again - can't come soon enough!
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
A reasonable substitute is M&S soda bread. Buy the unsliced and put it in the oven at gas 3or 4 until you can smell it. This is necessary to cook it properly otherwise it tastes raw.It will get a nice crust too.
Not nearly as good as the real thing and a bit sweet for my taste, but it's better than some of my worst failures.
You can freeze it before you heat it too.