Polymerous said:...I don't fancy a nocturnal encounter with the resident rats or raccoons. Not to mention that with the creek, it is definitely too mosquito-y, and I am more sensitive to their bites than most people.
Sensitivity aside, there are too many new viruses floating about to be casual about mosquitos, and I really don't like the idea of having DEET all over me, either. I wear long-sleeved white cotton/canvas shirts as protection from the sun and heat, and I've thought seriously about getting a beekeeper's-style hat, or maybe adding organza netting to my Tilley hat.
Polymerous said:I keep coming across empty or broken snail shells, and I know they weren't from Warp or me.
When I ran large numbers of seedlings, I used to find piles of snail shells stashed in my seedling beds, and I determined that it was rats. Each shell had a dime-sized hole nibbled in it at the tip of the spiral, which I assumed was a strategy to avoid the slime. I believe that the liver is at that location. Paté le helix, c'est magnifiqué!
