So That's Where my Hazelnuts Went!
Growing up in our first house, we had mice. We’d be watching TV and would instinctively raise our feet when one passed by. Traps all over the place got them, but one had this knack for getting the bait and tripping the wire. We’d hear this snap, and run to see if we got him. My dad called him half-away for uncanny ability to avoid his fate at the hands of that trap. On one occasion, he left part of his tail behind in the trap. Well, one day his luck ran out. End of story. As for big rats, my mom told us stories of growing up on a farm with rats bigger than their house cats. One day while putting on some winter pants to go work in the field, she kicked a rat out of one of the legs. They’d go down in the cellar to get something and there was their cat, having a stare down with a rat bigger than he was. The cat never lost a fight. They also had a neighbor who took out a rat with her .410 as it crept up on her infant in their bassinet. All the best, Nonoise |
We have wood rats here. They used to live, chew and defecate in the foam flotation areas of my aluminum jonboat stored outside and would chew the trailer wiring regularly requiring me to rewire the trailer. Awful smell aboard and a PIA to rewire trailer. Solution is small bags made out of knotted panty hose with a few moth balls in each strategically placed in rungs of trailer. Do it with my sailboat too. Smells like hell but no problems in years. An olde sailors trick moth balls, cheers. |
@hvymec Do you find much sonic difference between the SS almonds and tubed ones??? LOL <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sweeter in this case.. SS = Soft Shell. Actually rare.. All of them were infected with a beetle.. I took cuttings,, before they pulled the ALL the orchards.. in the Valley.. I treated the cuts.. and I have 3 Soft Shell almond trees.. One at the house two in the delta.. Sturdy now... I did grafts on to hard shell trees, too.. It’s Fun.. The Organic Mechanic... YUP... https://www.google.com/search?q=nutria&oq=nutria&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i433j0l4j0i10j0.7443j0j... This is a big rat. Nutria.. New Orleans and around the glades.. HUGE... Gator and BIG snake bait.. I say we start eatin' um. Soak um' in somethin'... and COOK um... Regards |
