Unhappy Thread

[scottmitchell74]

Just finished mowing the lawn. It's 103 degrees! 

[njee20]

I mean... you could just not mow the lawn. 

[scottmitchell74]

I mean... you could just not mow the lawn. 

  Yes, true...

I had food poisoning last week that knocked out for four days. Then my 48-hour shift. So, I was sort of painted into a corner. It was cool(er) when I started.   

[njee20]

Definitely haven't mown ours in a month. Our corners are very different.

[EtchedPixels]

Just finished mowing the lawn. It's 103 degrees! 

That's pretty steep. Are you sure you used a mower not an excavator

[EtchedPixels]

Definitely haven't mown ours in a month. Our corners are very different.

Ours is a wildlife garden - so it'll get clobbered later in the year for the most part to simulate what would happen if there were goats and pigs and the like present.

Much easier to maintain much cooler and full of life. Got inch long grasshoppers all over the place.

[Papyrus]

Ours is a wildlife garden

So is ours, but not intentionally so... 

We currently have an unwanted visitor - a resourceful rat, more likely a family of them. They have been around for years and apart from occasionally raiding the compost bins they haven't bothered us much. Now, however, he/she has found its way into the greenhouse. The tomatoes are ripening and I think 'I'll pick those tomorrow' and by the next day they are gone. We've found how he is getting in and we think we have stopped up the hole temporarily, but we won't be able to do a permanent job until the tomatoes are finished and we can clear the greenhouse.

Before you ask, no, the dogs are absolutely useless! The cat we used to have wasn't much better. All she used to do was find voles in the woods and bring them back for our old dog because she thought he was needy.

They never tell you about things like this on Gardeners' World.

Cheers,

Chris