What made you happy today?

anyar.dris said:
We're adopting a new piggy tomorrow! :yahoo: Hubby sent me a message in FB (eventhough we were just sitting beside each other haha :lol!:) and when I opened it, it was a RSPCA link of a baby piggy. He phones this afternoon and we can get her tomorrow morning. :yahoo:
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Congratulations 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

That’s wonderful news.
Looking forward to meeting your new piggy.
 
A day late but I took an impromptu day of annual leave yesterday after starting to feel burnt out. I dropped Jessica at nursery and drove Archer out to a woods for a walk. We were there for 8:50am and spent over an hour walking amongst the bluebells. My soul feels so much better for itIMG20220505085028.webpIMG20220505090832.webpIMG20220505092023.webp
 
One of my cactus cuttings has grown a root! I put it in water two weeks ago so I've been waiting for it. Still hoping the other one does something too. My plan was to have "twin" cuttings and watch as they grow into new plants (and how similar/different they would grow). We'll see.
 
Today my hubby got his booster jab so I took the little lady and Archer to the park for a walk. I brought a new runners lead that goes round your waist to help me with him when Jessica wants to walk or be on her trike. Tried it out today and Jessica discovered she could hold the bottom handle of it without Archer pulling her over so felt like she got to walk him, he was then happy enough scampering around the park and small wooded area while Jessica meandered along picking up flowers and putting them on trees
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Our new boy in class today felt comfortable enough to join in with the other children during PE and then after lunch joined us on the carpet for the next session, the language is a massive barrier still but we are all making ourselves understood, small steps in the right direction ☺️
 
piggieminder said:
Let Daisy have it @alpacasqueak . I'm very pleased to see it used even if it is as a cushion. It's a shame I took the other one to a charity shop she could have had them butted together!
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It’s in with the Porky Pair atm, but not slept in yet! Luigi just wanted a bum rest! :))
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I’ll definitely let Daisy have it if no one’s interested though, would be nice for someone to use it!
Haha she’d probably ignore it if it were two and cat-sized, she has with all the ones she’s ever had! :roll::))
 
weepweeps said:
There was no way his shell was going to fit through the chicken wire. Had to be rescued. I love snails 🐌 🐌

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I accidentally trod on so many snails yesterday that I think, in the end, I picked about another 12-15 off the ground and put them on the bins. I can't stop birds eating them but I can stop me treading on them! One of them got smart, though, and crawled underneath the solid handle. No bird's getting them in there.
 
weepweeps said:
There was no way his shell was going to fit through the chicken wire. Had to be rescued. I love snails 🐌 🐌

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Aw go you the snail rescuer! I blooming love snails! :luv:
Lorcan said:
I accidentally trod on so many snails yesterday that I think, in the end, I picked about another 12-15 off the ground and put them on the bins. I can't stop birds eating them but I can stop me treading on them! One of them got smart, though, and crawled underneath the solid handle. No bird's getting them in there.
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There are so many in my garden (and disgusting giganta slugs, hate them! 🤢), I hate it after it’s rained and I go out, squash so many of the poor things while i tiptoe around trying to avoid them 🤦‍♀️🙈
 
alpacasqueak said:
Aw go you the snail rescuer! I blooming love snails! :luv:

There are so many in my garden (and disgusting giganta slugs, hate them! 🤢), I hate it after it’s rained and I go out, squash so many of the poor things while i tiptoe around trying to avoid them 🤦‍♀️🙈
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I don't realise they're there until the crunch, and then I feel bad, and then manage to trod on another 5 seconds later. Sigh. So while the birds might get them on the bin, they're still safer than on the ground.
 
It's funny how cute snails are but slugs are horrible. I was very happy today to see a group of about 8 starlings rubbing slugs on the path to wipe the gue off before eating them. I didn't realise starlings did that, I've seen blackbirds and thrushes wipe them before eating but no other species of bird. I have a problem killing anything but the slugs do decimate my garden and I don't plant my veg for them so more than happy for the birds to take them. The snails get removed to an area of waste ground behind the garden in the hope they go elsewhere for dinner! Bet my neighbours wouldn't be pleased to know that. :)):))
 
Slug pellets have been banned now. 😦. Much to my dads disgust. He’s a plant grower and they do eat his plants.

You are right snails are lovely and slugs are not. I feel mean now discriminating against slugs. Lol.
 
We don't have land snails here or I haven't seen any. Slugs are common. If they get too much, we set a slug trap for them. Since we don't drink, we ask the neighbors for some beer and put it in a saucer. It has to be deep enough that they drown, but not overkill as the neighbors aren't completely thrilled about wasting too much beer. The slugs love drinking the beer and get too intoxicated to climb out.
 
weepweeps said:
Slug pellets have been banned now. 😦. Much to my dads disgust. He’s a plant grower and they do eat his plants.

You are right snails are lovely and slugs are not. I feel mean now discriminating against slugs. Lol.
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Definitely good as it helps these lovely hodgehegs! My nan is the same, was horrified when they were banned as eat hers, despite moaning she never sees hedgehogs anymore! 🙄🤦‍♀️

I feel kind of bad hating them too, especially when I’m such a snail fan, but they really are just 🤢 The ones in my shared garden are absolutely huge! 🤢 Not much gardening goes on out there apart from my grass and forage picking so they gorge out there! 🐷🤢
 
I hate Slugs! At my old house, in the garden I had what I called "Slug Alley" there were literally hundreds of them sliming all over one another - urgh horrible. Then I discovered nematodes. You make up a nematode "soup" and then water it down and water it on to the garden and borders a couple of weeks before you put any plants in and the nematodes eat the slug eggs and any tiny slugs that hatch before they make it to the surface. After that I never had any.
 
Betsy said:
I hate Slugs! At my old house, in the garden I had what I called "Slug Alley" there were literally hundreds of them sliming all over one another - urgh horrible. Then I discovered nematodes. You make up a nematode "soup" and then water it down and water it on to the garden and borders a couple of weeks before you put any plants in and the nematodes eat the slug eggs and any tiny slugs that hatch before they make it to the surface. After that I never had any.
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Ooooo thanks for that. I’ll look into it and tell my dad.
 
I'm happy today because I noticed that a birdbox on the garage wall that I can see from my kitchen window, is in use by nesting bluetits 🐦
I'd not seen them before, but today I saw the adults flying between the nestbox and a flutter-butter feeder on the wall next to my kitchen window. I hope all the chicks fledge successfully in due course! 🤞
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My other cactus cutting has grown a root over the last couple of days! Hopefully in a week or so be able to put them both in compost and watch them grow. Then I saw that my Easter cactus has got three flower buds on, so I'm interested to see how many flowers we end up with as there was 27 on it last year.
 
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