Oh, Rats!

Oh, Rats!  And I mean that literally.   Our backyard was filled with a symphony of bird sounds this summer until I was lying on the hammock one afternoon and saw three huge rats feasting on seeds dropped from our bird feeders.  

We poisoned the rats, but then this week when I was hand watering our tomato plants, a little mouse ran across our garden.  Bob set up mouse traps and four were caught.  I absolutely love little mice in story books, but in the garden --- Arghhh!

Goodbye doves, quail, sparrows ...  We'll miss you!