Wife has declared a 'Foxwa'
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 11:52 am
Better half and I are usually tolerant of garden invaders and enjoy visits from foxes etc. But she has now declared war, after two visits from a fox cub to her lovely new roses, given to us for our "Golden" a few weeks ago and planted in big tubs by the summerhouse.
The first visit, at night, left a deepish hole beside the root of one rose. We thought squirrel. Then last evening, just before dark, we looked out and there was a fox cub busy digging everything out of the same pot, and I do mean everything. The rose was lying several feet away on the lawn (the cub must have dragged it there with its teeth), and almost all the earth was scattered on the lawn. She banged on the window and the fox fled.
But we wonder why it was digging? I can only think that there may have been some old chicken manure in the soil I used and it smelt this.
The roses are now under protective gubbins that would keep the Mafia out of Fort Knox.
John N
The first visit, at night, left a deepish hole beside the root of one rose. We thought squirrel. Then last evening, just before dark, we looked out and there was a fox cub busy digging everything out of the same pot, and I do mean everything. The rose was lying several feet away on the lawn (the cub must have dragged it there with its teeth), and almost all the earth was scattered on the lawn. She banged on the window and the fox fled.
But we wonder why it was digging? I can only think that there may have been some old chicken manure in the soil I used and it smelt this.
The roses are now under protective gubbins that would keep the Mafia out of Fort Knox.
John N
