"Craven" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 07/09/2010 11:38, Sacha wrote:
On 2010-09-07 09:49:41 +0100, "Alan Hutson" said:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2010-09-05 19:34:54 +0100, "Alan Hutson"
said:

Evening All

Could be new to some but a couple of years ago I came across a pile of
leaves set about moving them and after been bitten by fleas realised
it
was
Horace Hedgehogs home. Had to go to medical centre but I can't recall
how I
was treated.

Today I came across another pile, I was a little more circumspect and
detected Horace or his cousin inside.
I could manage without these piles of leaves which arrive quite
suddenly
and
I had put down to wind.If I was to construct a des res furnished with
straw
is he likely to move house or should I just save my energy,?

Alan.
SNIP
We had grass snakes up in our huge compost/bonfire heap last year
and I was remarking that nobody seems to have seen them this year. One
of the staff piped up that she'd been working near the other compost
heaps and a huge one slithered right past her and disapppeared into the
hedge. You never know what's out there! We set up a CCTV camera which
has recently decidded to stop working just before we have seen several
badger scrapes on the lawns. We did get some wonderful aerial ballet
from the bats though!

Sacha

All my gardening is done on a city centre balcony, but this post is making
my crave moving out of the city to somewhere with fresh air even more :-)


So do I. We live about 200 yards inside a 30 yr old housing estate, 400
yards from chemical factories and half a mile from a large power station
which dumps dust from its chimney from time to time on my car especially
when I've just washed it. We're also about 400 yards from a sewage
incinerator. Not a lot of chance of a partner arriving

Alan