"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Pipp said:

Would geese see of squirrels?

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Geese will see off anything! But the squirrels can probably outrun them and get away up a tree.

jpscloud said:

I do encourage hedgehogs, there's always water for them and two hog houses, one at each end of the garden. There's always a fair bit of healthy hedgie poo around the garden so I must be doing something right! Sadly they don't get the caterpillars because I grow my vegetables in pots and raised beds - due to the local cats who had a meeting and voted my garden the best toilet (I have to do a daily poo patrol) so I daren't grow things in the ground.

Something I've noticed this year for the first time is snail shells with half-eaten snails still in them. I discovered it is beetles eating them, which is a real bonus. I do seem to have less snails now, but either the beetles don't go for slugs or the slugs are just too prolific for them to make a difference.

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Your garden sounds quite the menagerie

Antje77 said:

Indian runner ducks could be the answer!
And they make any garden so much more fun to spend time in.

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Unlike our Canada geese which just give you dirty looks if you dare go near wherever they feel entitled to be.

Pipp said:

You would be supplied with plenty of manure, too.

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Yes, Ducks make an awful mess in a garden, but they are fascinating to watch. We used to keep Muscovy ducks and the drake was very protective of his harem, standing his ground against dogs or cats to give his girls time to get away. Eventually, the mess was too much to bear and we gave them away to someone who wasn't bothered. In a different environment, they would have been fine.

MommaE said:

Unlike our Canada geese which just give you dirty looks if you dare go near wherever they feel entitled to be.

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Our elderly neighbour had to fight off his geese when they managed to trap him in an underground structure.
Even though he was the one who fed them, they were very aggressive towards him. But then, cockerals can be pretty aggressive too - and dangerous with their sharp spurs.

Breakfast: defrosted avocado on some Jacob's crackers (21g carb). I found this pack of commercially frozen avocado, which I had totally forgotten about. Defrosted it but there's far too much for me to eat alone. I hope Neil will help out there. Not that I really liked it - very mushy and a slight bitter taste. Shan't buy that again.

2nd meal will be the rest of the chicken from yesterday. It wasn't on shredded Brussels sprouts after all. I definitely saw some of those in the freezer, but seem to have pulled out a tub of saurkraut instead. It was OK along with the chicken though, so no problem.

I'm going to make me a choc late and raspberry birthday cake for tomorrow - just in case anyone comes in. I can always take a slice for the nurse who will be doing my leg bandaging. That will be my birthday celebration - getting the bandages renewed on my legs. What fun! Shan't be eating the cake, of course. I'll send some home with Alistair for his family to share.