Moles are not our No1 problem. They are at the very far end of the far paddock only. Ant hills (huge mounds) are a problem. Stones - yes - but for me this time also sections of discarded wall lobbed into the bottom paddock by some kindly Romany no doubt - hidden in the overgrown grass
I suffer with roots like the doc - particularly one large willow tree. But the real bane of my life are rabbits and squirrels. We bought a new set of squirrel proof bird feeders, where a protective cover slides down if the squirrels approach from above, and then realised that to be effective they need to be 1.5m from any climbable surface - so won't fit a standard bird feed station. I constructed a suitable structure from offcut timber in the shed - neatly half-lapped 4x2 cross for the base (not very neatly - blew the router up). 2.1m 2x2 for the upright(sorry for the mixed units of measurement - its a generation thing) and a 2.1m length of skirting across the top to hang the feeders from. Sue wasn't happy with the design and asked when I planned on nailing Jesus up there.
So - instead of peanuts one end , seed the other, switched to a long arm with both feeders on the same length, 1 foot (ok 30cm) apart but still with the nearest feeder 1.5m from the upright. The other short "arm" is diagonally braced to the upright. Sue thanked me, saying she felt a gallows was just what the garden needed to brighten it up.
I won't rush to give up my day job.
Lowthers are being collected by Owen this morning from Sheringham. I bloody hope someone bids the extra £14 needed to relieve me of the obligation to pick up the beauhorns
Not Funk Firms paid marketing department - but friend of Arthur K's and ex-Pink Triangle.
Open minded, but always right
