I am jealous of all you folks that have a nice piece of ground big enuf for some major growing. I was raised in the country and miss huge gardens.

My condo has a nice patio and I do some container growing- but don't get nearly the impact I wish I could with a small patch of ground.

Last summer my Dad and his wife had a huge garden and my sister and I helped them work it and we all benefitted from tons of excess goddies, but their helath issues continue to become more and more or a burden... so Dad says this year he's gonna seed the whole yard to grass and he ain't having a garden anymore. I sure will miss it sumthin' awful!

We have squirrels and rabbits galore but I thought we were safe from things like racoons and ground hogs and such since we live in the city with fences around everyone's yard but last month while driving down the road I saw a HUGE opossum strolling out of the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex. I think it must be living in the dumpster. It was as big as a poodle.

I think I mentioned here on another post I had a pet skunk growing up, one night we let him sleep in the chicken coupe [so he could get a little fresh air] well....when we checked on him the next morning he had delighted himself with fresh chicken that night...all that was left of our 2 chickens was their skeltons:D Imagine our surprised expressions when we saw that!!!:eek:

I LOVE SKUNKS, they are so pretty and they make great pets once you have them de-scented. I know I am not alone, when I worked at the Veterinary hospital we has skunk pet patients which were dearly loved by thier owners!

I agree skunks are really cute. One time when we were visiting my friends Mom in the country we came across a mother skunk walking down the road with six little babies following behind her. The were so cute I could just eat them up stink and all!

lol I was driving with one of my nieces years ago. She was like 4 years old then.
She points out the window and goes all pretty kitty. I looked and it was a mama skunk with babies in the grass by the road lol.