I'm pretty sure I should quit trying to be a vegetable gardener; I should just accept my failures and move on. But I keep oohing and ahhing over the beautiful catalogs containing so many tempting and unique varieties. Especially now, as many of us start planning our fall and winter gardens. I really do want … Continue reading Another Unsuccessful Year in the Garden
Tag: critter control
Critter Control Sans Dog.
As you know, if you follow my blog, we lost our dog in May. I still miss her, and I knew she was an active hunter. But I didn't realize just how great of a hunter she really was, or just how good she was at her job. I'm finding out that critter control was a … Continue reading Critter Control Sans Dog.
City critters welcome in our urban jungle.
As I sit here, on our back porch, wrapped in a blanket, wearing a jacket (it's around 50F - in July!), and listening to all the early morning commotion, I realize how hard it can be to explain to some country folk that city living can be noisy - but not the noisy most automatically … Continue reading City critters welcome in our urban jungle.