Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden # 30, 1 by joeswife

joeswife wrote:
There is a family I know that has a mountain or well looks like one in their back yard ( south forty) and they had it full of everything... only thing.. they made a mistake of grwoing the corn at the top... had to mountain climb to get it.. way over done there.. in the high 60's tday.. itching to go out and play but it is too late now..
Had rats in our banana grove at the back fence when I lived in miami.. the boys had one cornered in the garage and were beating it with sticks.. they were 3-3- and 4 at that time..
I feed my squrrells an assortment in a feeder at the back of my property and they have stayed out of my yard and garden since then, they meet me out there now.. where I used to want to shoot them, now I call to them..
We have an Owl pair and a neighborhood Hawk that hangs out and keeps the mice away .. I used to offer 25.00 cash for any tail brought to me before then.. Had a deer in the front yard last year.. have no clue what he was doing around these parts.. I think he was lost..My problem is mostly some cats. They use my beds for kitty boxes and napping places and hideouts while preying for food.. I put up Kabob sticks pointy side up every two inches in every bed and part of the yard they got into.. they stay out now... one limps and the other has one eye... and I had two jab holes in my feet.. but way worth it. This pic is not a tropical picture.. but it is one of my favs from last year for being a different photo...