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Old 12-07-2007, 16:33   #25
jambutty
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Cool Re: Garden Pests

I have this genuine anti-elephant knopkerry that was given to me by a Zulu warrior. He claimed that as long as I had it in my house I would never be plagued by marauding elephants. And you know what? He has been dead right all these years. Not a single elephant has wandered through my garden.

Pity really ‘cos it could trample on the slugs and snails that have grown fat on my seedlings. My attempt at creating a “Remembrance” garden with a large “V” of red poppies and meadow flowers elsewhere has so far produced just one yellow flower and a nice dainty pink one.

Still it is early days yet, although four weeks of rain haven’t helped and I may yet get a colourful display with bees a-buzzing, butterflies a-fluttering and boids a-choipping above. I haven’t seen it for a few weeks now but a grey squirrel seems to think that it owns mine and neighbours gardens. At least having battled the slugs and snails and won, I think, my Lupins, Hollyhocks and Foxgloves now have a chance.
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