tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post1045846297894660884..comments2023-10-23T06:41:24.218-07:00Comments on notes from La Mancha: ...garden update, 2.0.2catsingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527167700079425025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post-78951854367134183232009-07-14T13:34:09.723-07:002009-07-14T13:34:09.723-07:00...since she has gotten older, I close her "a......since she has gotten older, I close her "access" after dark... or I'm serenaded with growling & yowling all night...followed by expen$ive kitty injuries over the next several days... she's never been a mouser anyway... Sumo, who died in the summer of 2006 was my last good mouser... also the tree rats travel on branches too small for Piglet, even if she would lower herself to chase them...<br />the last "prey" she brought in to be "appreciated" by me , was a bean seedling... quite chewed & nasty...<br />left on my bed, of course...<br />the most recent victims are my mint & basil, after eating the peaches & cilantro...catsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02527167700079425025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post-61121079904259723772009-07-10T08:32:20.781-07:002009-07-10T08:32:20.781-07:00Piglet has run of the garden and you still have ra...Piglet has run of the garden and you still have rat and mice problems? I think management has to have a stern discussion with the staff! Sleeping on the job!<br /><br />Don't ask me about rodent control - with us, it's chipmunks. I've got about half the chipmunk population of TN in my back yard. They don't seem to mess with my tomatoes or peppers (weird, huh?) but have developed a taste for Gerber daisies. All that birdfeeder seed is payoff to keep them busy so they won't bother anything else. Seems to work, generally.The Calico Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772374749065425388noreply@blogger.com