So, we have had quite a bit of wildlife around. Hence the target practice...
We have had mice int he kitchen often...just one at a time. And we catch them within a couple nights. However, this last rascal was a monster. He nibbled on several packages of food...settling on chewing nearly through a Rubbermaid lid to get to wheat germ. Then, last Saturday night, the thing dragged my bread machine tine (the piece that rotates the dough in the bread machine) across the counter to the stove top where Josh (who happened to be sleeping down on the couch b/c of a bad cough) witnessed the mouse dragging the tine up into the air vent (where hot air is released near the stove top from the oven) of the stove/oven.
Good thing Josh actually witnessed that b/c otherwise I would never have known where the other tine disappeared to. I could hardly believe it when Josh told me..."Yeah, the mouse dragged the other one across the counter and into the slot here. I watched it. He looked at me, grabbed the thing and jumped up to that area!"
Josh was able to dismantle part of the stove and retrieve the tine. Whew. Oh, and that mouse didn't make it through the next night...!
Then there are the rabbits that are nibbling on garden plants in our yard (and our neighbors). Josh, the sharp shooter, shot 2 of them. The boys wanted to skin them for the fur. (we'll have to learn that process...)
And the Joe's basil is growing in the kitchen window.
Jake has plants growing in a ecosystem which will water itself.
The mushrooms are growing.
We have had mice int he kitchen often...just one at a time. And we catch them within a couple nights. However, this last rascal was a monster. He nibbled on several packages of food...settling on chewing nearly through a Rubbermaid lid to get to wheat germ. Then, last Saturday night, the thing dragged my bread machine tine (the piece that rotates the dough in the bread machine) across the counter to the stove top where Josh (who happened to be sleeping down on the couch b/c of a bad cough) witnessed the mouse dragging the tine up into the air vent (where hot air is released near the stove top from the oven) of the stove/oven.
Good thing Josh actually witnessed that b/c otherwise I would never have known where the other tine disappeared to. I could hardly believe it when Josh told me..."Yeah, the mouse dragged the other one across the counter and into the slot here. I watched it. He looked at me, grabbed the thing and jumped up to that area!"
Josh was able to dismantle part of the stove and retrieve the tine. Whew. Oh, and that mouse didn't make it through the next night...!
Then there are the rabbits that are nibbling on garden plants in our yard (and our neighbors). Josh, the sharp shooter, shot 2 of them. The boys wanted to skin them for the fur. (we'll have to learn that process...)
And, there is the caterpillar Jake found near the sandbox. We have it contained in the butterfly container.
And the Joe's basil is growing in the kitchen window.
Jake has plants growing in a ecosystem which will water itself.
The mushrooms are growing.
And the garden is planted! :)
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