Can you explain the holes in my soil?!

*bump*

So...... @Philip Hughes nearly March any chance of a update


Spruce

 

Yes! The cause has been discovered and I'm afraid to say that it's...rats! I know this because my neighbour approached me last week to say they had found one in their green house - next door but one had a rat jump out of their wheelie bin! Environmental health have been called and traps laid (in my neighbour's garden, not mine) and four were caught last week apparantly. I fill the holes in every day and recently only one has been dug out - this morning, even that hadn't appeared, so hopefully they are getting the message! I am trying to reduce the amount of bird food I put out; goldfinches in particular are very messy eaters and knock as many sunflower hears onto the ground as they eat. Watch this space!
Phil.

 

well at least you know now, mine all gone for now as well, you need to do what @ARMANDII has done with his feeder and attached a round "looks like a pot saucer" to the bottom , armandii can we have a photo please, helps stop the seed spilling all over the floor.

 

Yes I've heard of them - where do you get them from?

 

Be careful they don't burrow into your foundations. Once they get into your cavities and loft they're a nightmare to get rid of.

 

OMG!!

 

Oh, that's fine, then.

 

The garden where I work has a bit of a rat problem, several dead rats have appeared and I found one feasting on bird seed kept in a metal bin. Not sure how it got the lid off - good teamwork? I'm a bit worried about exposure to rat urine, not to mention one leaping out on me. (Hope it won't be a team.)

 

The far end of my garden is about 15 metres from the house, so I am hoping they do not venture towards the house!