Happy Sunday folks!
Wow, Annette, how terrible!!! Really sad. I wouldn't eat any of our fungus. I don't know enough about the subject, besides the neighbor's dogs pee on everything interesting in our yard.
Diane: I saw that Discovery channel program - it was on last week or the week before. Amazing! Oh dear, so I guess you don't get to grow veggies with neighbors who take such liberties in your garden. Charming! :-(
Well, I can't grow veggies anyway. The deer, raccoons, groundhogs, rabbits, et al, eat everything up as soon as it pops out of the ground, and nothing repels them. We do have an old apple tree, but I won't use insecticides, so I just let the animals enjoy the apples. We can hear loud crunching all night in the summer. :-)
We live within walking distance of an organic farm (right next door to the library) and our farmers' market has lots of good organic veggies. We have two wonderful orange trees (Navel and Valencia) and the house had a peach tree when we came, but after much TLC it put out a handful of peaches and the birds got the three that looked decent before I got there (in spite of a net I put over it - pesky tree grew through the netting and it was a real challenge getting the darned thing off). We have raccoons here too, plus posssums and skunks. Funny, cats just sit and look at skunks as they waddle by; dogs yap and jump about and, of course, get sprayed. The have coyotes and deer a little farther up the road from us...
As I am typing this, I can hear a pack of coyotes up on the hill. I have a wonderful albino possum who sits on my deck at night. Everyone here gardens, so people give us vegetables all summer. And we can buy all kinds of organic vegetables from the Amish in this community. I also buy eggs from them, so I don't have to support factory farms. (I'm a vegetarian and don't eat meat.) Well, I'm off to bed. Very nice chatting with you Annette. Have a bit of wine and get some rest for your remodeling trials. :-)
That all sounds lovely Diane. Take care and sleep well!
Diane Indiana sounds just lovely where you live and you are so lucky to have all that wild life in your back garden so to speak.
Annette sounds just as good where you are as well.
Margobird
Update on Thunderdog Hamish. Analysis of bladder stone in U.S. confirmed that is was as expected Calcium Oxylate. That means he is on a special diet from now on and no more treats. Needless to say he is mooching around the garden in a huff.
Alan, nice to see your photo again. I notice your hair is not so yellow now, is it really you or your brother? (Hope this isn't too personal a question.) Poor Hamish, no more treats, he will be sulking with you.
Terry in Cumbria
Alan, sorry about Hamish, I bet that will be tough for him and you. Perhaps you can give him a carrot or something healthy as a treat.