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looks like you had a rat making itself at home in there as well
Yes ... I've got one in my compost heap.. they love burrowing into the base - I'm hoping that the fox will dig it out eventually - since the fox took up residence I don't see so many rats.looks like you had a rat making itself at home in there as well
looks like you had a rat making itself at home in there as well
Is that a carnivore diet?you forget cheese and port
I tried these last year but I gave up when the local cats (including mine) thought it was a nice new toilet. Then the dandelions took over enforce and didn’t want to removeAfter days of rain I got a bit more done on my new beds today, until I ran out of cardboard. No problem though, I realised later that I can probably use half a dozen sheets of newspaper from my in-laws as a substitute to finish things off. I'll be the Daily Heil or Express so hardly top-quality, but burying them under a load of rotting waste at least means they've served some useful purpose, and it's no more than they deserve.
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James
Found that I wasn't alone in the bathroom this morning - but this mouse was very nimble and I failed to get a hold of it. Suddenly it was gone. In a small room with tiled walls and floors for heavens sake! An hour later, I felt something move in my trousers. I gingerly went to a private corner at the bottom of the garden and lowered my trousers. There it was, nimble as ever, running round my waist, not wanting to relinquish this cosy new home.looks like you had a rat making itself at home in there as well
I tried these last year but I gave up when the local cats (including mine) thought it was a nice new toilet. Then the dandelions took over enforce and didn’t want to remove
them as the bees were on them.
So this year, I have made this hugelkultur bed instead
Found that I wasn't alone in the bathroom this morning - but this mouse was very nimble and I failed to get a hold of it. Suddenly it was gone. In a small room with tiled walls and floors for heavens sake! An hour later, I felt something move in my trousers. I gingerly went to a private corner at the bottom of the garden and lowered my trousers. There it was, nimble as ever, running round my waist, not wanting to relinquish this cosy new home.
We've got three cats. Absolutely rubbish at their job.
Amazing the noise that cats' feet make! We had a litter of five once, and could never quite get used to the racket they could make racing up and down the (carpeted) stairs. This particular litter was unusual because they separately showed traits of the two toms that had been lurking around earlier. Apparently that's a thing: the one litter can be the progeny of multiple fathers.I heard a cat thundering down the corridor
Anyone seen these before?
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It's a plastic container that was inside a packet of seeds that my wife asked me to plant (petunias, as it happens). No indication of why the supplier considered it necessary, nor whether the plastic can be recycled, and there's a pre-printed plastic plant label stuck to the packet.
I'd kind of hope that businesses selling seeds might be a little bit more aware of the problems caused by (particularly single-use) plastic. I'd be more than happy to have the seeds in a waxed paper envelope, which at least do compost. And do without the plant label.
The producer was Johnson's. And that is pretty much what I think of them, too.
James
I suspect it's a convenient method of packing very small seeds - easier to inject them into a single use test tube and lid it than mess about with paper, foil or waxed packets. Can't say that I agree with it but I understand the economics of packaging - I assume (or at least would hope) the plastic these tubes are made from is recyclable so won't end up in landfill ... they may even be the size that they could be used for a single dose of OA ? A lot of plastic containers we are forced to accept in our household get repurposed and re-used:Anyone seen these before?
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It's a plastic container that was inside a packet of seeds that my wife asked me to plant (petunias, as it happens). No indication of why the supplier considered it necessary, nor whether the plastic can be recycled, and there's a pre-printed plastic plant label stuck to the packet.
I'd kind of hope that businesses selling seeds might be a little bit more aware of the problems caused by (particularly single-use) plastic. I'd be more than happy to have the seeds in a waxed paper envelope, which at least do compost. And do without the plant label.
The producer was Johnson's. And that is pretty much what I think of them, too.
James
Anyone seen these before?
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It's a plastic container that was inside a packet of seeds that my wife asked me to plant (petunias, as it happens). No indication of why the supplier considered it necessary, nor whether the plastic can be recycled, and there's a pre-printed plastic plant label stuck to the packet.
I'd kind of hope that businesses selling seeds might be a little bit more aware of the problems caused by (particularly single-use) plastic. I'd be more than happy to have the seeds in a waxed paper envelope, which at least do compost. And do without the plant label.
The producer was Johnson's. And that is pretty much what I think of them, too.
They are actually for putting seeds in.
I buy from 'specialised' suppliers and this is what they mostly turn up in these days.
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