I warned one of our cats not to chase the squirrels on the deck railing. Sure enough, this week he fell in the river and was so embarrassed that he refused to come in to get dried off and then took off not coming home until noon the next day. His sister averages depositing one snake a day in the kitchen floor. Lizards, salamanders, butterflies, grubs and lately june bugs don’t stand a chance, either. And they like cilantro!
It’s been too cloudy for anything to grow since they were transplanted. It rains just enough so it’s too muddy to get out to the garden to tend it so the weeds and snails are happy. All I can get to is the front bed so smash a couple dozen snails daily.
Have been making an effort to do more kitchen trash planting. Have some carrot tops and lettuce on the windowsill that need to be put in soil. The front bed is filling up with onion roots and garlic so we’re safe from vampires.
We have our terrior and a wild cat. If we let the terrior free range, she would catch the rabbits and squirrels.
The wild mama cat can often be seen dragging the critters to her brood, but I’m not sure where she has them hidden - not on our property is all I know.