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@SpikesWorldLtd @chickensaspets Yes, our two rescue #rats are gradually learning that we're not going to pick them up by their tails. about 8 hours ago via web in reply to SpikesWorldLtd
@virtualranger @WendyVarley But you're a Guardian reader! Aren't you supposed to know everything? ;-) about 8 hours ago via web in reply to virtualranger
@virtualranger @WendyVarley Say goodnight to the #battyfleet, Gracie... about 9 hours ago via web in reply to virtualranger
@Eridanus @delbius Perhaps the floodgates will open when the US comes online! about 9 hours ago via web in reply to Eridanus
Has @Twitter had a spammers clearout? I mentioned the words 'hallucinogenic drugs' and dropped 11 followers. My tweeps can't be so prudish? about 10 hours ago via web
@WendyVarley @virtualranger Hahaha! See what you mean! I was making a hallucinogenic drugs reference. about 10 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to WendyVarley
instagr.am/p/LKRP0PwoyN/ Sorry HM, guess this scuppers the street party... about 11 hours ago via Twitter for Android
@virtualranger The whole story is utterly charming. Just amused by the randomness of the fleet of bats ending a serious and official note. about 13 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to virtualranger
@WendyVarley @virtualranger Smutty, Wendy? An army of psychiatrically unstable Chiropterans? What could you mean? ;-) about 13 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to WendyVarley
@virtualranger Heh Heh Heh maaaan... about 21 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to virtualranger
@virtualranger 'My own private Batty Fleet'??? about 21 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to virtualranger
@RichardComont @kitenet Poor worm, it was alive but thin and floppy. I'll look up Pollenia. about 23 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to RichardComont
@RichardComont @kitenet Any idea what parasitises earthworms? Seen live Lumbricus with hole in its side and larvae-y things crawling out. about 23 hours ago via Twitter for Android
@CaitlinMoran I remember Ken Hom's duck, and my mum shouting at the telly telling him off because he was so smug about it. 1:48 AM May 27th via Twitter for Android
RichardComont Even the maybugs are coming in to watch #eurovision 3:19 PM May 26th via web Retweeted by WildlifeGardena
TwopTwips GARDENERS. Discourage aphids from wrecking your flowers by putting up several "BEWARE OF THE LADYBIRDS" signs in your garden. /via @Sheardyj 2:19 AM May 23rd via Tweetbot for iOS Retweeted by WildlifeGardena and 91 others
@RichardComont Ah, no. Lived in London. BC - before chickens. There were so many cats there was never a rodent issue. Or a bird one :-( . 2:57 PM May 26th via Twitter for Android in reply to RichardComont
Whyever did I have #chinchillas (beautiful but dull) for a decade, when I could have had 5 generations of fun #rats? #makingupforlosttime 2:49 PM May 26th via Twitter for Android
Rescue #rats Archie and Loki perking up and being much more playful than when they arrived. Still flaking out tired after play sesh. 2:46 PM May 26th via Twitter for Android
@Farctum @FranchiSeedsUK I love the Trento Rosso lettuces. And the Treviso radicchio stuff. Trying the yellow dwarf beans this year. 1:03 PM May 26th via Twitter for Android in reply to Farctum

Name Ruth D'Alessandro
Location Surrey Hills AONB
Web http://www.nature...
Bio Wifey, mother, mother hen, nature anorak, small smallholder. Writer, editor, linguist. Blue stocking in green wellies.