Friday 19 February 2010

Squirrels

cute, well I used to think so. Look what they have done to our tree!   Can you see the rings gnawed round each branch?  Unfortunately it's the tree G8's swing is hung from and it will probably have to go.


They come for Him Next Door's nuts (get your minds out of the gutter). It's a forever cycle of birds, squirrel, Topsy chase, birds back on etc etc.

Topsy quivers with excitement whenever anyone mentions the sq word... she loves the chase, no catching though. Useless dog!

On a side note, Him Next Door has been busy with the Orchard (bit of a grand name really for a patch of ground but there you go!)   He's been clearing the land of weeds and brambles, ready for a couple more apple trees.  Hopefully the fruits of his labour will mean less trips down Tesco this year.


PS:  Here (a few days later) are our two new cookers planted (one early one late).  YUM.

1 comment:

Maggie Christie said...

Ingredients
2 squirrels - skinned, cleaned and portioned
4 large potatoes, quartered
450g carrots, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
4 onions, sliced
500ml water
1/4 medium cabbage
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Preparation method
1.In a slow cooker, place the squirrel portions, potatoes, carrots, green pepper, onions, water, cabbage, salt and ground black pepper.
2.Cover and cook on low setting for 8 hours.

For when Topsy actually catches one (or two)...!

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