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    ^ it can be a problem if its a pregnant female
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    A single rat cannot breed…
    You don't have to be married to reproduce.

    Anyway, before I left home today I noticed that there are now two rat holes in the ground in the chicken run. If I still had my polecat jill she would have the rat out in an instant but sadly she died in Somerset around 1986.

    I've promised the gardener a bonus if he catches the rat while I'm away... preferably humanely but by any means necessary if needs be. We need rid of it.

    I'm not sure what his bonus will be... maybe a free meal... of rat!

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    The rat still evades capture apparently.

    Since moving down from the roof it is now living in a rat 'warren' comprising just two holes... a front door...



    And a back door... (or vice versa, of course).



    I think the gardener is persevering with the box trap which is now located on the ground, and trying different Isaan delicacies as bait. Mind, if the gardener considers something unfit for human consumption I'm not at all sure the rat will go for it.

    I suggested he sticks a hose down one hole, turns on the tap and waits at the other hole with a big stick. I've passed the non-lethal stage of rat control.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Since moving down from the roof it is now living in a rat 'warren' comprising just two holes... a front door...
    It is going to breed then. Soon you will be invested.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    It is going to breed then. Soon you will be invested.
    Hi bsnub, did you mean infested?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    The rat still evades capture apparently.

    Since moving down from the roof it is now living in a rat 'warren' comprising just two holes... a front door...



    And a back door... (or vice versa, of course).



    I think the gardener is persevering with the box trap which is now located on the ground, and trying different Isaan delicacies as bait. Mind, if the gardener considers something unfit for human consumption I'm not at all sure the rat will go for it.

    I suggested he sticks a hose down one hole, turns on the tap and waits at the other hole with a big stick. I've passed the non-lethal stage of rat control.

    finally!

























    murderer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    The rat still evades capture apparently.
    That Factotum is breeding them. It's like a lot of steak and kidney pies to them

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    Too much home made wine...erp...'scuse me...

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    Yesterday spent a day stick welding and it was the first time I have attempted this for over 35 years.

    Not beautiful by engineer's standards but not bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reg Dingle View Post
    That Factotum is breeding them. It's like a lot of steak and kidney pies to them
    Imagine getting infested by steak and kidney pies... the stuff dreams are made of!


    Anyway, I exchanged a few messages with the wife today and the rat is still at large but the gardener has a cunning plan... where's Baldrick when you need him?

    I have to leave this in their capable hands for a few weeks but the words 'piss up' and 'brewery' keep coming into my head. I reckon I'll have to sort it when I get home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    where's Baldrick when you need him?
    Do you have a way to isolate the rat area from the dogs? Maybe that would give the snakes a chance to get to the rat(s). When all the rats are gone, the dogs can go after the snakes. Win-win.

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    The rat lives in the chicken run so she is completely isolated from the dogs... unless she ventures out for an excursion around the garden. I guess that's what happened to the rat the dogs killed last week.

    This rat seems to be clever and avoids the trap, and we provide everything she needs in the chicken run with abundant food, water and shelter.

    We used to get occasional snakes in the chicken run but the dogs seem to prevent them from coming these days. This is a shame as I enjoy having snakes around the place. I am sure that one visiting rat snake would solve this problem immediately.

    To be honest I'm not over concerned if/when she does breed because the chickens will kill any baby rats who venture out of the hole, and the dogs will kill any inexperienced juvenile rats as soon as they venture into the garden. It's this wily old mama rat who I want rid of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    The rat lives in the chicken run so she is completely isolated from the dogs... unless she ventures out for an excursion around the garden
    you've sexed it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I exchanged a few messages with the wife today
    Do you have to check the dead letter box, daily?

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    ^^ It seems to be quite scheming and clever Mike... I just made an assumption. She also seems to be a homemaker.


    ^ OhOh, this boat has good wifi throughout so the Line messages I receive are unavoidable...

    It's nice to keep in touch!

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    Now that this year's relentless wet season seems to have finally ended it was time to get busy in the veggie garden. Things have been on hold waiting for more favourable conditions.

    The chicken compost bin was full and there was a raised bed waiting for fertilizer, so that was our first job.



    The chickens are cleaned out every morning and all of their 'doings' are scraped into this bin (with bottom removed). Any food waste/peelings that dogs or chickens won't eat is also added. This smells to high heaven when disturbed but is OK in the usual way with bin lid in place. The pit the bin sits in became flooded this year which didn't help, to be honest.



    The method is to dig a trench along one of the raised beds and add the fertiliser. I had to put a fence around the veggie area because not only did Maya enjpy digging up plants, but any of the dogs just love to roll in rotting chicken manure. Anna would have been in there in an instant without the fence to keep her out.



    The smell was truly awful while we shovelled out the fertiliser, although I must admit I can't see that a Covid face mask would make any difference.





    There, a bed full of top quality chicken-shit fertiliser. Having grown up in rural Somerset I'm lucky in that I've always enjoyed the smell of manure and have fond memories of muck-spreading on the fields around our house every Autumn, although I do appreciate it's not to everyone's taste. Luckily the veggie plot is well away from our house, although I do have some sympathy for the gardener and the neighbours during fertiliser time. Their houses get the full brunt of the stench.





    But anyway, once the trench is filled we soon cover over the raw manure and the stink lessens somewhat. Chicken manure is extremely powerful and when fresh will burn newly planted vegetables, so even after it has rotted in the bin for several weeks we leave a fertilised bed for at least a couple of months before planting anything. The manure needs to break down to become available to the plants.



    So, job done and back to normal. The manure bin is protected as Maya (and any other of the dogs) would be in there in an instant. These are well fed dogs who want for nothing, but they would still love to get a mouthful of rotting chicken shit, given a chance.



    The central raised bed was filled with manure a couple of months ago, so while all this muck-spreading activity was going on I planted some beans in seed trays. I should have done this a couple of weeks ago but the wet season seems to have suddenly ended and it took me by surprise.



    My all time favourite vegetable in the whole world is English runner beans. I brought these back from our pilgrimage this Summer and have been waiting for a chance to plant them. The instructions say to sow April to July (UK) and I reckon that the Isaan Winter is as close as I'll get to the English Summer in this God-forsaken place.



    Of course one of the main reasons I do all this stuff is to teach the daughter stuff and get her off her damn screens. She joined me for a while but claimed that the manure stench was so bad she was going to be sick. I told her if she didn't help, then not to expect any fresh vegetables from the garden. She walked off smiling... I can't help feeling I played that one wrong.



    So, 48 bean seeds sowed in seed trays. They should germinate within a week and will hopefully be ready for transplanting into the previously prepared bed a week of so later. We'll have to dig that one over first.

    We started digging a bit but only a few days of no rain and sun and there was a hard crust on the top. A bit of watering and digging and stuff and my beans will be transplanted in a couple of weeks.



    I placed the seed trays on a spare area in the shade and couldn't help but notice a familiar looking plant in a pot just to the left.



    Further investigation discovered another three same-such plants.



    I asked the gardener about it and he said it was all down to the wife. We really must start communicating more... I never had the slightest inkling about this. I've decided to just stay shtum. If anyone, anywhere could do with relaxing a bit, it must be the Kommandant. I'll await the results from our veggie plot with interest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I told her if she didn't help, then not to expect any fresh vegetables from the garden. She walked off smiling... I can't help feeling I played that one wrong.
    You should have said no gadgets/iPads/computer for tomorrow!


    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    couldn't help but notice a familiar looking plant in a pot just to the left.
    Mendy the druggie!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post

    I placed the seed trays on a spare area in the shade and couldn't help but notice a familiar looking plant in a pot just to the left.



    Further investigation discovered another three same-such plants.
    Mendip
    My step daughter has also planted a few of these strange plants around our place. I don't believe she smokes the stuff but rather has hopes of making some money from it i.e. like most Thais looking for easy money.
    On the other hand my BIL he grows lots and uses it often. As a recreational drug I am personally not a fan, but it doesn't seem to make people aggressive as is the case with a lot of people who use alcohol.
    So in my opinion its each to their own, so go for it Tunk.

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    Speaking of whom, Tunk has been absent since the floods. I hope all is well.

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    A holiday day off........

    Today was a busy day by choice but an outstanding day....



    Started day with finishing up with the plumbing and sprinkler system around Sala



    Wife picked up another Durian tree to grow. Planted it and wife did her soil magic. This makes the 5th attempt at growing one but maybe with Annie our yellow lab and Tommy the 105lb tortoise in attendance.... HAHA



    Cleaned up the shop.



    Took a cocktail break to watch KC and the 49ers play by the pool bar.





    After the sun went over the car park roof, perfect time to wash up my truck.... Cocktail included with music of course.


    To end a nice day, I Q"d me up a nice thick Filet Mignon with carrots and rice.



    Money shot......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumpy View Post
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    Cleaned up the shop.




    Money shot......
    The workshop looks more like what I expected from you Mr. Tidy.

    As for the steak being the "money shot" you should have made sure it was dead after you shot it as it appears to be still alive and bleeding.

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    To be honest, I thought it looked slightly over done... But marvelous nonetheless

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    ^. I was sorting leaning that way to DW Stayed on the grill about 2 to 3 minutes too long but still outstanding. It was so tender I could cut it with a butter knife

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    Start with a good cut and it's hard to be disappointed

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    Willy and Stumpy bloody savages eating raw meat who would have thought it?

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