Visitors Place Bets on Queen Elizabeth!

Signs Of Visitors:  Friend Or Foe?

There have been some strange discoveries around here in the last few days.  Two nights ago I discovered rats running along my back fence, a robin is building a nest with my ball of string, and now these two new discoveries.  The white paw prints leading from the street directly onto my front lawn appear to have been left  by a raccoon.  I have never seen one in our yard, but the neighbors have reported sightings.  Possums are also known to frequent the area. 


Something also decided to leave a message right in the middle of the back yard.  My olfactory sensibilities will not allow me to try to decode this particular note, but visually I have a few ideas.  The presence of fur tells me someone had meat for dinner, and the consistency indicates things did not go well with digestion.  The local cat usually does his business in my raised garden bed, so unless he just could not make it I don't think it was him.  All this activity goes on at night when I am not there to see it.  Perhaps a backyard camp out is in order.


Considering where I live I am impressed with the abundance of wildlife on my small lot.  I am less than half a block from one of the busiest road in the city, and I can easily walk to downtown.  Stay tuned for more sightings and updates.

Place Your Bets: Mr. Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth, John F. Kennedy, or Yellow Sun Sprite.

My roses are aphid free at the moment!  I am very please with the performance of the banana peels as a repellent.  Right now the roses are getting one banana peel a day.  Decomposition seems to keep up with that amount, and the peels turn brown after a day so you really don't know they are there.  Further proof of my success with the roses is the appearance of healthy buds forming on most of the plants.  The sad exception is the knockout rose I acquired from a friend's garden (seen in the foreground) which is still in some sort of shock.  I am placing my money on John F. Kennedy to bloom first.
















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