WiseAcre Gardens

I’m used to things disappearing in the gardens. The weeds get nasty and hide my tools, the deer help themselves to whatever they want and the wife mows down my ‘wildflowers’. I’ve even had a wheelbarrow vanish. (proving other dimensions do exist) But how do you lose goldfish? And where did all the frogs that were in the pond go? Goldfish and frogs don’t vanish overnight. In fact it only takes a few minutes in the afternoon when you have an unexpected visitor looking for a free lunch.

The pets are great helpers. They knew something was up right away when I headed toward the pond. But that’s as close as any of them were going to get. Pookie always barks up the wrong tree and Kitty Kay realized that was no chicken dinner.

That was a Great Blue Heron snacking on my fish and frogs.

Not too many people can say they have to go to a bait shop to buy food for their bird feeders. But it might be more fun to go to WalMart. ‘I’m looking for something to refill my bird feeder. Where’s the fish and frog mix packed in water?”