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Garden mystery

WatsoniaWatsonia Posts: 134
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I was out this morning looking at how bad the slug damage was after last night. Some of my plants have a ring of wool pellets around this year to see if it might help. Now I was looking at a delphinium and all green shoots had disappeared overnight. Not just disappeared but the wool pellets now formed a uniform disc rather than “ring”. I was rather disappointed and decided to have a little dig to see if anything had survived. I came across something white which at first I thought was a root. 
But a bit more rummaging produced two perfectly soft, fresh white slices of bread. If you would have dusted the earth off, you could have popped them in the toaster. Not soggy and not stale. I’m baffled. The wool pellets looked completely undisturbed apart from now being in one patch. Anyone has a clue where the bread has come from? It has been driving me mad today.
 Illustrative pictures attached. Second picture, top wood pellet ring is where I dug the bread out.



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  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    A fox, probably! 
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    edited May 2022
    Most probably a 🦊. They do leave their treasures here in my garden, but mostly in pots.
    Last night, they uprooted a few runner bean plants which I had planted only on Saturday.
    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • WatsoniaWatsonia Posts: 134
    We have quite a few foxes around, I often see them in the meadow behind the house. They usually avoid the garden as we have a dog. It is the only explanation that makes sense but it was unnerving that the surface wasn’t disturbed. You would not have able to guess that something had been digging and using the area as a larder. It might also explain the potatoes I have been finding in odd places last year.
  • WatsoniaWatsonia Posts: 134
    Thank you both  :)
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    I've mentioned this before on the forum, but I once unearthed some perfectly clean slices of white bread and an unopened pack of bacon. 
    No, I didn't have bacon butties......
  • WatsoniaWatsonia Posts: 134
    @Woodgreen I might have been tempted by the bacon  ;)

    I really wonder where Mr Fox has found his bounty, far too good for the compost bin. I hope no one lost part of their food delivery  :)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    My daughter @WonkyWomble lives in the centre of Ipswich not far from the football stadium and the river. Her garden is totally walled … this spring she has found three eggs in their shells stashed away for later by a fox. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    I have found chicken drumsticks, sausage rolls, eggs, bread slices etc. among my potted roses. 😳
    Oxford. The City of Dreaming Spires.
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils (roses). Taking a bit of liberty with Wordsworth :)

  • WatsoniaWatsonia Posts: 134
    Now they don’t just bury stuff without leaving a trace but they can climb walls without breaking eggs? The mind boggles. 
    @Eustace it sounds like you might want to delegate your food shop to 🦊. He seems to do a good job.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They're not called 'wily' for nothing @Watsonia ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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