Slugs, mice or rats

We made a mistake in planting  4 courgette plants.
Courgettes hide amongst the foliage and turn into marrows.
large marrows.
The biggest we have  grew was 2.4 Kg.
So friends, neighbours and work colleagues have benefited

And marrows arew actually apretty uninspring vegetable, but there is marrow gratin  and marrow and carrot soup. The latter is actually  quite good.

But something has been getting at the escaped courgettes

Probably not rats- its diffuclt tos ee hoe they could get in but a  rat box will hopefully dissuade them form coming back .

No duck eggs

And the ducks appear to have stopped laying . Or something is taking the eggs . Or they are laying somewhere else .













It could be hooded crows , so we have put up some deterrent to try and stop them going into the hen house to take eggs

It could be stoats or rats taking eggs . So we have rat traps. And found this. So this one isnt going to take any more eggs ( if it ever was) .

Ducks are not renowned for their intelligence.

Question - which is more intelligent , a duck or a carrot

Answer - A Carrot 

 We moved them to their new home in October and then gradually gave them a bit more space as they seemed to have got the hang of laying eggs in the  duck houses.

But they have forgotten ( or something) . We have found an egg in the pond and one laid on the bank.

So its back to plan A , and restrict them  so that they can 'remember' where the are supposed to lay their eggs