Today is my birthday. A lovely sunny one too and probably the first one for a long time when it hasn't been raining. My darling husband bought me a set of telescopic gardening tools. They are great as I'll be able to reach the back of the borders and yet when working generally not have yards of handle getting in the way. I actually rushed out to use the mattock tool and it was brilliant. The soil near the cornish hedge is so very hard and this broke it up beautifully. And my friend gave me a guardian angel or goddess for the garden so now everything will grow well!
This isn't the prettiest of sights but I have to tell you that cats hate the smell of citrus fruits. This is my seed bed and used to be the cat next doors own personal loo until I discovered the lemons! As I have lemon juice first thing every morning it is now trouble to throw lemon halves on to the soil and since then I've had no more cat poo. The sticks on their own were no deterrent at all but lemons....yes! Try it if you have cat problems!
Happy Birthday!! Your garden is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Valeri! It sounds like it was a great day.
ReplyDeleteA most happy birthday to you Valeri - hope that it was filled with fun and flowers ! A niece and a friend also celebrate their special day today. Being January born I am most envious of people with summer birthdays :)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday -- and thanks for the gift of the lemon trick. Worth a try!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy happy Birthday Valerie! Great gifts you got there and what a great gift you gave to us - lemons for the neighborhood cats! Ha-ha-ha!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Valeri, lovely presents. I do hate hoes because of the long handle, I keep telling myself I just need more practice! I will try the lemon trick but with grapefruit, I do hope it has the same effect as cats are a problem for me. Now if you can suggest how to keep dogs off...
ReplyDeleteBest wishes Sylvia (England)
Happy Birthday.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tip about cats and lemons.
Have a lovely day
Happy birthday to you Valeri.....Your cornish garden really looks nice with the goddess.I think she will surely protect your garden.have a good day.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for your very nice comments. I do like getting them! I shall try and email individually but sometimes it's hard to find an address. Do know you are appreciated and I had a wonderful birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Birthday Valeri!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday.
ReplyDeleteI will definitely try lemons in the garden. I think we get the whole neighbourhood cat population in our garden doing their business!