tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post1444752369432595884..comments2024-03-29T01:12:51.925+00:00Comments on My Quiet Life in Suffolk: Getting Things Done Last WeekSue in Suffolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-35657655386010117722018-09-09T05:22:18.022+01:002018-09-09T05:22:18.022+01:00Rats and mice and wasps are awful here in Oregon. ...Rats and mice and wasps are awful here in Oregon. Many people buying items to kill them at hardware store where I work. We have trouble with spiders in our house so I need to spray outside around the house. Glad you were able to sell the poly tunnel quickly. Hugs and blessings!Grandmabeckyl.blogspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362600588981799211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-58194085536779256542018-09-05T19:08:25.340+01:002018-09-05T19:08:25.340+01:00NoNoSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-58571934036953801632018-09-05T18:49:10.191+01:002018-09-05T18:49:10.191+01:00I have reduced the bird feeding so there is nothin...I have reduced the bird feeding so there is nothing left by mid day. Our problem is the dumping of Big Mac/KFC meals all along the roadside!! Don't get too busy - remember to leave time to read and be creative as well!TrishWishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133314088190424463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-65459960796100691012018-09-05T17:21:18.404+01:002018-09-05T17:21:18.404+01:00I cannot abide rats. The stuff we had last time w...I cannot abide rats. The stuff we had last time was successful. They were swinging from the trees to get at the bird food.justjillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253881958131548009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-81860622016845971212018-09-05T16:21:43.189+01:002018-09-05T16:21:43.189+01:00Won't the rat bait, lost in the compost, conta...Won't the rat bait, lost in the compost, contaminate your soil and make it useless for food gardening? <br /><br />lizzy<br /><br />lizzzz.d@gmail.comLizzy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13925662100321427762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-27411795998512990862018-09-05T13:57:29.278+01:002018-09-05T13:57:29.278+01:00You certainly are keeping yourself very busy which...You certainly are keeping yourself very busy which is very good for the body and the mind. I envy your energy.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-32342014382896770352018-09-05T13:40:47.104+01:002018-09-05T13:40:47.104+01:00Toronto is a huge city but we have a lot of green ...Toronto is a huge city but we have a lot of green space. I am lucky to live next to a large conservation area with one of the two rivers we have running through to Lake Ontario. Lovely, but it does mean lots of wildlife - including rats! There are bait boxes set out around the building but especially at the back near the wooded area and the dumpsters (which are cleared weekly) but it's always a battle.<br />People deal with grief in many ways and I think each person has to go with what works for them. Doing all this physical work is keeping you busy and allowing you time to process what has happened. Come the Winter, when things slow down, you will be ready to sit and think a bit more and hopefully by then the sharpest edge of grief will have been blunted a bit and you will be able to remember all the good times without it hurting too much. I think you have done an amazing job and I suspect Col would be very proud of you and how you have handled everything. Continued good luck.Margie from Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10103835021764804099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-48645342909122759332018-09-05T11:37:55.059+01:002018-09-05T11:37:55.059+01:00Good luck ridding yourself of the rat population. ...Good luck ridding yourself of the rat population. Horrid beasties. We do have a large metal squirrel-proof feeder that overhands our deck which only allows birds to feed (not that the squirrels haven't tried--hilarious to watch their useless acrobatics). Anything that weighs more than a bird will close off the feed openings. Because of the mechanism, it also means there is very little feed that drops on the ground so no ugly rat critters have been seen so far.<br />Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-31236152272195917142018-09-05T11:37:23.670+01:002018-09-05T11:37:23.670+01:00Good luck with getting the rats. Good luck with getting the rats. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-35264719525948142018-09-05T11:18:36.239+01:002018-09-05T11:18:36.239+01:00You are keeping busy and that is helping you but r...You are keeping busy and that is helping you but rest days are so important. You are doing so well Sue. Rats! Oh yuck. I hate them but I do love squirrels. My dad spends his days at war with the squirrels in his garden. I don't understand why he can't just enjoy watching their antics. Carole Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16104768720202380916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-42420428412908687262018-09-05T10:58:50.815+01:002018-09-05T10:58:50.815+01:00Good to keep busy Sue and very satisfying too. B...Good to keep busy Sue and very satisfying too. But wisely you took it easy for a couple of days when you realised you were doing too much. Please do keep recharging those batteries.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-50894263584443154132018-09-05T10:21:37.463+01:002018-09-05T10:21:37.463+01:00Pesky rats! I haven't spotted any around here...Pesky rats! I haven't spotted any around here, but I have seen some holes appearing since the field was harvested. I have just checked the wildlife camera, and it is definitely still hedgehogs who are eating the hedgehog food, at the moment! It used to be a real problem when we had the hens.<br /><br />Good luck with the workmen, just think how wonderful it will be when they have gone and order is restored, with even more jobs crossed off that 'To Do' list.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-11501199612755155942018-09-05T09:40:47.351+01:002018-09-05T09:40:47.351+01:00Oooops I have replied to the wrong person , hopefu...Oooops I have replied to the wrong person , hopefully people will work it out !Shelly Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849461150570092349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-63771237521944676752018-09-05T09:39:47.373+01:002018-09-05T09:39:47.373+01:00I totally agree, it does settle , but you seem to ...I totally agree, it does settle , but you seem to need to go. ‘round the circle ‘ of doing too much and getting shattered and then total rest . Just another way of coping with grief xxxShelly Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849461150570092349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-63537447274320373272018-09-05T09:22:59.922+01:002018-09-05T09:22:59.922+01:00We found a dead rat on our lawn the other day, plu...We found a dead rat on our lawn the other day, plus just a rat tail! I think we must have a very efficient cat living nearby. I have stopped feeding the birds for a bit. Like you, I hope the rats will find somewhere else. Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981282868499246298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-19463727998807039182018-09-05T09:22:04.060+01:002018-09-05T09:22:04.060+01:00No one in this country is very far from a rat - th...No one in this country is very far from a rat - they just don't know it. I spot them all the time in our town - scurrying under litter bins and in council landscaping - so many people feed the pigeons down there and drop their chips and take out pasties on the ground it is inevitable. A lot of councils now are removing their shrubs and just putting bark down in their place to try and halt the problem.<br />My friend had them underneath her new house too.<br />We built our large compost bins in Scotland on a concrete base and they have well fitting lids so we don't get rats in there. The pub up the lane is our source of rats they never close the lids tightly on their business bins - you can often see them scrambling up into them at night and you can see the teeth mark having ripped the black polythene waste bags but still they deny they have rats!! <br />Good luck with the bait - I think there are new guidelines now for what you can buy to deal with them yourselves - I don't think you can get the granules anymore they have to be satchets or something but not sure on this.wherethejourneytakesmehttps://wherethejourneytakesme2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-40576200750220610372018-09-05T09:19:16.894+01:002018-09-05T09:19:16.894+01:00When I first lost my partner, after the initial sh...When I first lost my partner, after the initial shock, I too kept myself very busy. I seemed to be rushing here, there and everywhere, but without consciously planning to have such a full diary. This, what I assume was a sort of coping strategy, eventually settled down after about 18 months. I've noticed the same pattern of behaviour in a couple of friends who lost their other halves. Eileen Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340398156618870705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-57810464752632674582018-09-05T09:18:03.271+01:002018-09-05T09:18:03.271+01:00Hope you manage to see the rats off. I looked out ...Hope you manage to see the rats off. I looked out of the window once and we had one swinging from the bird feeder having a right old feast. I'm not as kind as you though because all bird seed was removed and I've never fed the birds again. xxEveryday life at Number 38https://www.blogger.com/profile/12945846951398052455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-50339148464263737832018-09-05T08:32:55.399+01:002018-09-05T08:32:55.399+01:00Ugh.....rats give me the heebie jeebies. We had on...Ugh.....rats give me the heebie jeebies. We had one in our garden last year but thankfully managed to see it off.<br />Hugs-x-Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-23825821431457175892018-09-05T08:22:02.902+01:002018-09-05T08:22:02.902+01:00The ho me laid rat boxes stopped working for me an...The ho me laid rat boxes stopped working for me and eventually had to get professional rat man in which worked but have to be down all the time, he was dead against feeding the birds! Rats in compost seem inevitable, any veg matter seems to draw them, you would think last winter would have finished them off. Sarah D.Sara Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-49626108065775501972018-09-05T08:13:45.115+01:002018-09-05T08:13:45.115+01:00Sorry about the rats Sue my daughter moved last ye...Sorry about the rats Sue my daughter moved last year and she has a lots of problems with rats.<br />You are certainly keeping your self busy. Do you have hobbies like knitting? I have just bought a jigsaw puzzle at the charity shop. Hazel c ukhazel c UK https://www.blogger.com/profile/01638654030434369177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-15452981451353296622018-09-05T08:08:34.279+01:002018-09-05T08:08:34.279+01:00and Thank You for reading :-)and Thank You for reading :-)Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-50969100657129050322018-09-05T08:07:53.699+01:002018-09-05T08:07:53.699+01:00Blinkin' rats haven't touched the rat bait...Blinkin' rats haven't touched the rat bait yetSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-37408918249009529132018-09-05T08:07:08.708+01:002018-09-05T08:07:08.708+01:00Squirrels are definitely more appealing - just wis...Squirrels are definitely more appealing - just wish they didn't pinch all the hazelnuts and bite their way through the bird feeders!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-71687643791571118112018-09-05T08:04:37.546+01:002018-09-05T08:04:37.546+01:00Hello, you must be a new visitor here or you would...Hello, you must be a new visitor here or you would know that I love the Elly Griffiths books - both series and have read them all and often mention Fantastic Fiction for finding book sequences. I order online and collect from the mobile library every 4 weeks, suits me better than going to a local library which has odd hours Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.com