Warm hello from London!

[Feral007]

Hi LRG, welcome. I have 3 dogs. We usually only have problems when we set out a new garden and the dogs don't recognise that it is no longer a pathway for them. Or one year when we had mice that came in the hay, once the dogs got rid of the mice, it all settled down. We just put up a tape around the gardens and they don't usually go on them then. Bit of a pain when you're edging but worth it, as there's nothing as nice as sitting down for a few minutes rest in the garden and having the dogs come up for pats.

[LillyRoseGarden]

I loved your blog. The idea of something very rural sounds very appealing. London drives me mad with every passing year. I hope in 10-15 years to get out somewhere like that, few acres of land, small holding and a small community of friendly people.

[binley100]

Hi Lilly ......My dog has reshaped my lawn into a dog racing track and flattened the borders (chasing squirrels) beyond redemption so I grow my veg at the lottie......all training goes out the window when a squirrel pops by ....

[KittyColdNose]

I bought my hubby (Out In The Cold) a quince tree for his birthday last year. All the fruit it produced we eaten by our bull terriers. Now we have thorny branches around it so they can't get near. Usually they are very well behaved and went to classes for a while. Our boy loves jumping and agility (when in the mood ). Especially likes jumping through the raised beds...lol

[veggiechicken]

My 2 dogs (Cavalier King Charles Spaniels) don't do running and jumping, just eating! I saw one in the greenhouse this week, chomping on a cabbage - looks like a nasty attack of cabbage white now She also like to eat the unripe green figs that fall from the tree, you would expect it to have a Dire Rear effect but no - she must have an iron stomach

[Feral007]

Ah VC she's not a true vegetarian dog if she can't f@rt like a trouper after cabbage!

LRG, there are loads of really friendly people around here, but the undercurrents in a supersmall town! It is a bit awkward atm round here with some things that are going on, that most of us would like to stay out of, but saying hello to one person puts another person's nose out of joint. It's like walking thru rural landmines.

[LillyRoseGarden]

Hi, KittyColdNose!

I bet they were tasty. My dog eats apples, pears and carrots, so I am kind of worried that she will be tempted to have them off my dwarf trees.

[Florence Fennel]

A very warm, if somewhat belated, welcome to the Vine

[LillyRoseGarden]

Thank you, Florence Fennel!