Since Colorado is still toying with freezing temperatures, we started with an indoor garden tray to cultivate our fragile little tomato and bell pepper seeds into plants before moving them outside. I was thrilled when a few days after planting we saw minuscule sprouts shrugging out of the dirt. "Hoorah!," I thought, "I'm a horticultural genius!"
However yesterday disaster struck sometime in the night. We woke to discover that something...some creature had dug up our seedlings. This disturbed me for several reasons which I choose to present in no particular order in the list below:
- I am not a filthy person and I was frustrated to have a filthy rodent in my home, which challenged my self-image of cleanliness
- My garden was ruined
- I really didn't like to think of Griffin 'discovering' a mouse in the house
- I disliked all of my options for disposing of the little beast
- I've heard that mice never come alone...they bring their friends
Ew! It gives me the Heebie Jeebies just thinking about it. Lucky for me I have a very chivalrous husband who bought traps and other mouse-exterminating paraphernalia. After Griffin went to bed we baited our traps and patiently waited...for about 15 minutes.
One quick snap and it was all over for our furry little house guest. Again, my knight in shining armor stepped up and disposed of the carnage and I didn't even have to look at it. I feel a little wimpy and ashamed of being so prissy but those mousey guillotine things really gross me right out.
Hopefully, there was just one. But we are not taking any chances, we've got another trap ready and waiting for any other potential house invaders.
5 comments:
Good luck with that one. Get a cat.
One more thing...there better be no more mouse stories in the coming weeks. I don't like anything that is considered a rodent. I will sleep outside.
Ugh! How frustrating to loose your seedlings! I'd want to find that mouse myself and take care of business! Glad that Landon took care of it for you though! You can always buy the plants and just plant them outside. I'm doing that with a few plants this year!!
I'm so sorry about your seeds, what a bummer! At least the culprit is gone, hopefully for good!
Maybe you could get a corn snake (also called rat snakes.) They're very gentle, not aggressive and only eat once a week. No more mouse problem. Check out Cortney's blog. Jake just got one for his birthday. The kid is obsessed about snakes. Anyway, that's country life. You could always live in a highrise. (Just kidding)
Maybe a new pet for Griffin? Love you guys,
Uncle Rico
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