Quote: Curt @ May 25 2009, 5:22 PM BSTI'm outside on my deck right now watching the groundhog who lives in my backyard sunbath my lockstone deck.
I've tried peppering his home, I've tried gassing it, I've tried mothballing it and I've even tried filling it up. He just keeps coming back. I've given up and he now owns my backyard.
He loves you.
Stop being so mean to him.
Quote: zooo @ May 25 2009, 5:54 PM BSTStop being so mean to him.
Groundhog Pie
Servings: 6-8
1 groundhog skinned and cleaned
1/4 cup onion
1/4 cup green pepper
1/2 tablespoon minced parsley
1 tablespoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
4 1/2 tablespoon flour
3 cups brothBiscuits:
1 cup flour
2 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon fat
1/4 cup milkDIRECTIONS
Cut groundhog into 2 or 3 pieces.
Parboil for 1 hour.
Remove meat from bones in large pieces. Add onion, green pepper, parsley, salt, pepper, and flour to the broth and srit until it thickens.
If the broth does not measure 3 cups, add water.
Add the meat to the broth mixture and stir thoroughly.
Pour into baking dish.
For biscuits:
sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Cut in the fat and add the liquid.
Stir until the dry ingredients are moist.
Roll only enough to make it fit the dish.
Place dough on top of meat, put in a hot oven (400 degrees F.) and bake 30 to 40 minutes or until dough is browned.
Quote: Loopey @ May 22 2009, 3:25 PM BSTBlue tits, starlings and doves on and around the bird table. Clematis trailing over the fence, gooseberries and raspberries just starting to grow, a rose bush with a tiny bud on it.
Dirty oily rags, motorbike parts, a broken pushbike and a broken toilet.
Now I have two broken toilets and a trip to the wholesaler tomorrow 
Rear garden. Pond, patio, grass...
Quote: zooo @ May 25 2009, 5:54 PM BST
Stop being so mean to him.
His tunnels almost broke my ankle when walking in my backyard. There's sink wholes all over the place now. The only alternative step is to hire someone to get him...but that costs money so for now he can keep my backyard.
*Curt looks over his railing at the sunbathing groundhog*
Cheeky little bastard
P.S. You can't fire a gun downtown DaButt, it's not like the country. Which is what I'm used to.
Trees in the Victorian park I live opposite (great big ones about 150 years old) and a telegraph pole by the wall. Its the original brick and stone wall for the park and looks lovely and mellow now. The telegraph pole is leaning and has been for years.
Its all lush and green and still; just had some light rain and the birds are tweeting.
Quote: Curt @ May 25 2009, 5:22 PM BSTI'm watching the groundhog who lives in my backyard sunbath my lockstone deck. I've tried peppering his home, gassing it, mothballing it and filling it up. He just keeps coming back. I've given up and he now owns my backyard.
There were two easier solutions: admit defeat in the first place or privately own Bald Eagles for the daylight hours and owls for the wee hours.
I just watched your Relapse video again. I love it 
Many thanks, Lee.
You had an early morning clash with literature, I hear. Jean Paul Sartre may be dead but he can still pack a decent punch.
Quote: SlagA @ May 25 2009, 9:25 PM BSTThere were two easier solutions: admit defeat in the first place or privately own Bald Eagles for the daylight hours and owls for the wee hours.
Ooooooo I like your solutions.
Quote: Leevil @ May 25 2009, 9:28 PM BSTI just watched your Relapse video again. I love it
Great stuff! I hadn't seen that yet.
It's been a few years since we discussed this; what can you see now?
My two sons killing each other on a trampoline.
Quote: Lazzard @ February 18 2013, 5:01 PM GMTMy two sons killing each other on a trampoline.
Oh dear, I hope it's a wipe clean surface, killing can be so messy.
Quote: Loopey @ February 18 2013, 5:11 PM GMTOh dear, I hope it's a wipe clean surface, killing can be so messy.
It's a sort of tightly woven mesh.
A quick going over with a power washer should sort it.
That mesh has great drainage qualities.
