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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 20 8:45 pm Post subject: not for the pot but rats
rats, lots of em

derbyshiredowser

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 980
Location: derbyshire

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 20 9:34 am Post subject: Re: not for the pot but rats

dpack wrote:

rats, lots of em

Caught quite a bit of the programme whilst hopping around in the shower near rat fest cupboard. The main thing to come out of it was community action to get rid of the problem. Our family were from Osmaston near Ashbourne and my Dad used to tell of the days when everyone in the village used to go to the different farms with the dogs and flush out the rats. Now when its very rare for people to be available to have any sort of community meeting let alone any action its not going to happen. It was also interesting that most poisons don't work anymore.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46390
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 21 12:46 pm Post subject:

the bramble bed is now a tank of liquid mud, set a tunnel rat to catch a tunnel rat

nasty but lethal and area denial

nothing has emerged from the several cubic feet of returned tunnel spoil or the serious stirring with a full depth pressure washer lance on jet

if anything was in residence i will never know, i did have the nowill machete to hand for close combat if required

now i need to tidy up, let it drain, decide how much more earth it needs(plenty of spent compost from boxes etc)

mostly i need to get the mud out of my hair

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 21 2:39 pm Post subject:
im still covered in mud in places, the food delivery folk are just going to have to get over it when i open the door, perhaps the plaid trews with socks over the cuffs will help. knock knock did not bat an eyelid

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16121

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 21 9:38 am Post subject:
I thought being covered in mud and sawdust was normal. Our local shop assistants seem able to cope with it if I go in wearing work clothes (trying to get as much mud off boots as possible before entry) anyway. Hope it gets rid of any stray rats.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46390
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 21 12:15 pm Post subject:

a cubic meter of compost which had an access route tunnelled through it is now spread on the bramble border which no longer looks like it was shelled and flooded:lol:

the wood shed is next, that will be big gloves, trews in boots and a short machete for cqb in a tight space + a kebab skewer for those hard to reach places

rats have good points, at least i can sort useful from carp that"might be useful" as i go for scorched earth area denial

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