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catnhatnh

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4. To a Mouse-on turning her up in her nest with the plough"

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2015, 10:56 AM

May 2015

"Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!
It's silly wa's the win's are strewin!
An' naething, now, to big a new ane,
O' foggage green!
An' bleak December's win's ensuin,
Baith snell an' keen!"

My favorite Burns...

http://www.robertburns.plus.com/mouse.htm

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Ack! I just cut into a field mouse nest while shoveling up an abandoned raised bed that had gotten [View all] Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 OP

I dug up a frog one year. alfie May 2015 #1

I'm in SW Ohio, haven't looked up my zone in a while, but I think it's 5ish at a guess. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #2

Off topic alfie May 2015 #3

Yes. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #5

To a Mouse-on turning her up in her nest with the plough" catnhatnh May 2015 #4

I was thinking I should build them something better (and farther away from my house). Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2015 #6

You sound like a gentle person... catnhatnh May 2015 #7

How lovely! Brainstormy May 2015 #8