Moving abroad

Perhaps you haven't got any worms because you are too tidy. Remember what Charles Darwin said -" the earthworm is the most valuable animal on the planet" or words to that effect. Worms make fertile soil.

 

What a pain, Green Wizard. There was a thread about them a while back, and getting rid of them is a nightmare. We had them in Hemel, but fortunately only in the lower part of the garden, so the top was ok. I was paranoid about not bringing them here too.

I think it was Sawfish who had an allotment full of them, and had to get rid of the lot to get started, so he'd be the person with the most relevant experience of it.

Then you'd probably find the native ones returning, unless the whole area around you is infested :eek: I've heard they're all over the place inEdinburgh, although I didn't see any in the few gardens I worked in there, and I'm sure Froggy said they were in Fife.....

Good Luck!

[ 13. January 2007, 02:28 PM: Message edited by: dendrobium ]

 

Just reading back through here and seeing lollipop trees ... I guess this is what is called cloud trees here. In our county town, Silves, near the new Palace of Justice (law courts) they have made cloud trees out of .... ancient olive trees!

On the worm front, I don't seem to have a shortage here and I'm a tidy gardener.

Calvos brought us a baby snake when we were having brunch on the patio today so they are breeding again ... :eek:

 

Oh, LoL, those poor Olives....

Wasn't it kind of Cal to let you know they're around? :eek: Somehow I don't much fancy that.... I know we have adders here, but they don't generally appear around where people are, thank goodness!

 

Those poor olive trees ... I look and sigh every week as I pass by.

As to the snakes, they've never been bothersome, Dend, although I was a bit put off going in the shed when we had the metre+ plus living in there. I would fling the door open, look around around up top and rush to get whatever I needed. I don't believe they are harmful here.

 

None of our snakes are a bother. if you are in adder country they will get out of the way. If its a bit coolish, so the snakes are slow, you just have to brush the vegetation with your feet before you put your hands down if sitting down. I think they are lovely animals, with such warm dry skin.

 

Snakes we have in plenty mostly adders and grass snakes - as Geoff says they do not seem to bother us but I do fear for the dog in high summer when there are Adders everywhere.
Have finally cleared most of the leaves ( tidy gardener ) and completed the pruning of all shrubs including the evergreens - now ready for anything - weather permitting.

 

One of my husband's dogs when he was a teenager got bitten by an adder, and the only way she could drink for months was to lie n a burn with her mouth slightly open, and let it flow in. :eek: She had a disposable nappy pad strapped round her collar to soak up the pus from the incredibly inflated swelling - horrible! But she survived it, and lived for many years. She was a springer - you can't keep dogs out of danger's way - it would stop them enjoying life. They ave to be able to run free.

But this is way off thread, sorry!

 

I live in a bit of a stepford wives area who are mainly the older generation who are obsessive with tidiness we are a sweep your piece of pavement and cut the grass verge people because it discourages the council doing it cos they're too messy when they do it.

 

well this topic fairly got everybody posting

 

It got separated from another thread in the welcome section John, and added to another, more appropriate topic, entitled 'Moving Abroad'.