That is dedication......I have tried copper , got egg shell round the perimeter and I saw a snail crawling across it the other night Poured coffee grounds down last night , something has worked as there has been no nibbling for a couple of days . We was out there until midnight last night and collected umpteen homeless snails and 2 snails ?. X
I didn’t know all this as it’s only this year being home I have got in to gardening , bought 3 hosta’s and Lupin’s , have cabbage, lettuces , broccoli , sprouts etc growing , all fodder for the garden critters , so far so good . They did attack 1 hosta so promptly moved it farther from vegetation and smothered it in eggshell and a pot with no rim, it’s recovered ok . I found a frog in the garden yesterday , hoped he would stay and eat them pesky things .Your mum's confabulations are wonderful @Bikerbeth. Isn't the brain an amazing and confusing thing. Not so good when she thinks you've gone abroad though.
My garden (well small paved back yard) is mainly ornamental. There is a very old fashioned green grocers near here, that has just re-opened selling plants, and I risked buying a lupin, never having had luck with them as they always get eaten. So far so good. What was interesting is that the owner is in his nineties and has dementia. His daughter who was doing the running of the place thought it was good for him to have something to do, and hoped that being outdoors and using social distancing would mean he (and her) would stay safe.
That sounds a lovely idea. I hope it works out for them. Good luck with the lupin.Your mum's confabulations are wonderful @Bikerbeth. Isn't the brain an amazing and confusing thing. Not so good when she thinks you've gone abroad though.
My garden (well small paved back yard) is mainly ornamental. There is a very old fashioned green grocers near here, that has just re-opened selling plants, and I risked buying a lupin, never having had luck with them as they always get eaten. So far so good. What was interesting is that the owner is in his nineties and has dementia. His daughter who was doing the running of the place thought it was good for him to have something to do, and hoped that being outdoors and using social distancing would mean he (and her) would stay safe.
When we lived in our previous house, we had a bigger garden with a pond. It was also near a park with a large lake. One day my husband opened the door to a couple of small girls that lived nearby. They had a bucket of toadlets and were trying to sell them for 5p a pop. My husband bought them all for £5.00, and we had useful(ish) toads in the garden ever afterwards, although never that many. When he sold the house the new owner had a wobble about the pond as her daughter had a phobia about frogs. I could honestly say I'd never seen a frog, I just didn't mention toads.