It’s prickly times in our garden. Frau Hedgehog has only produced one baby this year… but she’s certainly got her paws full with this one. It’s a non-stop squeaker when they’re out and about!
Ooooh! Is this the big wide world?
'ere, Mama, who is the weird lady with the camera?
Never mind her... follow me and I'll treat you to a nice juicy slug....
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I spotted a deer the other day, lurking way up the far end of the orchard. I suspect he’d come to scrump windfall apples.
I did take a picture… but as the camera’s flash was on, it’s come out looking like Bambi’s evil twin. Now I’m spooked and daren’t go down into the orchard…
Talking of weird creatures in the garden, I found an insect the other day which was also pretty scary. It was like a grasshopper but much bigger… I fear it might be an advance scout for a locust plague. In which case I won’t be making home made wine this year after all!
More cute.. but even less cuddly, we found a baby hedgehog the other night too. He was hiding under the car, so we moved him out of the way.
He was very pleased when we offered him a bowl of catfood.
In fact when I went back later, he’d actually climbed into the bowl to eat it. I didn’t photograph that though, because everytime the flash went off, he rolled up into a ball. So I decided not to take any more pictures of him. That way I can’t be held responsible for a lifetime of hedgehog trauma counselling…
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I was out in the garden this morning collecting some vegetables for Sunday lunch and there on my peas was an enormous brown slug.
Now that I have a family of hedgehogs living in my garden, I know exactly what to do with slugs. I wrapped it up in a leaf (they’re too slimy and nasty to hold in your bare hand!) and carried it over to the hedgehog nest. Mum was just on her way out for a forage… but I could see the little ones watching me from under the dried leaves.
They’re getting quite big already and their spines are already turning brown.
One of them even popped out briefly to sniff at the gift I’d brought, before scurrying back to the nest.
I meanwhile went back to my garden to finish picking lunch. Peas, courgettes and kohlrabi today!
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This afternoon as I was coming out of my office, I heard a rustling in the ivy next to the door. I decided to investigate… and I found a mother hedgehog with three little babies, hiding in a nest of dead leaves next to the pig-sty.
It wasn’t easy to photograph them, as they were too well hidden under foliage.
I did get a nice clip of Mum in search of slugs though! And any creature which eats slugs is very welcome in my garden.
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