It's been a beautiful day here - a high of 27C (80F)... again.
Today's job was re-oiling the garden furniture... and, as I scrubbed away the winter's grime, I had plenty of time to ponder tortoise keeping while fending off Joe.
When you get a tortoise... they never tell you:
â— That your garden will never EVER be yours to call your own again.
â— Weeds need to be cultivated, not tidied away
â— Sweeping up is almost impossible when a tortoise is trying to make love to the broom and is turbo powered by sunshine
â— The plants you like best are the ones most likely to be the ones your tort likes to eat best... to the ground... in seconds
â— Sunbathing in the garden is out (my teenagers) :
â— Your tortoise may have an irrational hatred (might be a burgeoning love affair, it's hard to tell) with the gardening equipment/wheelie bin/...
â— You always need a helper to fend off the tortoise when mowing the lawn:
What did they never tell you?
Today's job was re-oiling the garden furniture... and, as I scrubbed away the winter's grime, I had plenty of time to ponder tortoise keeping while fending off Joe.
When you get a tortoise... they never tell you:
â— That your garden will never EVER be yours to call your own again.
â— Weeds need to be cultivated, not tidied away
â— Sweeping up is almost impossible when a tortoise is trying to make love to the broom and is turbo powered by sunshine
â— The plants you like best are the ones most likely to be the ones your tort likes to eat best... to the ground... in seconds
â— Sunbathing in the garden is out (my teenagers) :
â— Your tortoise may have an irrational hatred (might be a burgeoning love affair, it's hard to tell) with the gardening equipment/wheelie bin/...
â— You always need a helper to fend off the tortoise when mowing the lawn:
What did they never tell you?