A Mouse House

A follow up from the mice and cookies post...

I decided to live and let live.  I do have resident mice in my garden.  Who wouldn't decide to stay when there are seeds aplenty at each bird feeding station in the garden?

If You Give Me Cookies...

So,  if you give me cookies, I would move in too!

No cookies for mouses in my garden, yet I have a new resident. There is a feeder and bird bath very accessible with lots of ground cover for little visitors to hide and gather all the seeds wanted for a happy family of critters.


A darling little field mouse has been tunneling all through my flower garden...  I do hope town mouse decides to not to make a long visit to his country cousin for too long.

So I did some research and found several references to non chemical remedies.  I decided to give it a try - Bounce dryer sheets.  I think I scattered and tucked about 50 of those behind shrubs and under all the hostas.  (I do have a large flower garden-flowers make me smile!)  I'll let you know if it worked.

Signs of Spring

There are definite signs of spring here in the great Midwest! The syncopated 'Huuuummm, thunk!' of the sump pumps working away keeping the basement clear of melting snow, the gurgle of flowing water into the not-so-dry rock creek in the garden, and the squish of steps across the thawing ground sing out the harmonies of "SPRING".

On Sunday, I was excited to record the date the robins returned to our yard in our Book of Firsts.  And here, peeking through the crusted earth...

The first daffodil shoots!

Leave a comment and tell us about spring where you are!

Memorial Day Garden Survey

I haven't kept a garden journal before.  Intended to... sounds like such a lovely idea. I do have a very sparse Nature Journal that I plan to begin filling with flower sketches and observations - art lessons start tomorrow with Lauren!

It is amazing how much changes with growing things in such a short time.