Sorry it has taken me so long to add another post, I am intending to write much more often from now on.
I learnt an important lesson the other Saturday, well relearnt really as I should have known it already. Me and Matt arrived on Saturday and after unloading the car of shovels, flasks of tea etc, I decided to do a little light work and hang up a new fat ball and refill the bird feeder - in the hope of seeing our little robin friend.
Unfortunately, the bird food was missing from the green house. I then noticed that there was a fair amount of bird seed on the floor. When I looked at the broken pain at ground level next to the door, and saw more spilt seed, it seemed obvious who had been at the bird food. A whole bag of see and 6 fat balls though! That rat should need to eat for the rest of the week.
I later found the shredded bird seed bag half way up the allotment, I don't think we need any more evidence than that.
Not seen the robin since, I think he is disappointed that a bunch of amateurs have moved into the allotment. He probably had high hopes for us when we put the bird feeder up! I don't blame him in the slightest, having kept rats in the past, I should have known that they eat through anything and will steal any food they can lay their little paws on.
The rest of the day went better, I managed to dig and sort roots on a trench, but was so tired after, I needed a nap!
Mark and Matt spent the majority of the day burning things! They burnt all the wood that wasn't any use for anything and abour 10% of all the strimmed weeds. Great, 9 fires to go then!
I learnt an important lesson the other Saturday, well relearnt really as I should have known it already. Me and Matt arrived on Saturday and after unloading the car of shovels, flasks of tea etc, I decided to do a little light work and hang up a new fat ball and refill the bird feeder - in the hope of seeing our little robin friend.
Unfortunately, the bird food was missing from the green house. I then noticed that there was a fair amount of bird seed on the floor. When I looked at the broken pain at ground level next to the door, and saw more spilt seed, it seemed obvious who had been at the bird food. A whole bag of see and 6 fat balls though! That rat should need to eat for the rest of the week.
I later found the shredded bird seed bag half way up the allotment, I don't think we need any more evidence than that.
Not seen the robin since, I think he is disappointed that a bunch of amateurs have moved into the allotment. He probably had high hopes for us when we put the bird feeder up! I don't blame him in the slightest, having kept rats in the past, I should have known that they eat through anything and will steal any food they can lay their little paws on.
The rest of the day went better, I managed to dig and sort roots on a trench, but was so tired after, I needed a nap!
Mark and Matt spent the majority of the day burning things! They burnt all the wood that wasn't any use for anything and abour 10% of all the strimmed weeds. Great, 9 fires to go then!
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