Lodgers

Bank Holiday Monday, and No rain!

2 years ago we had a wood burning stove fitted in our lounge. The first year we purchased a load of logs. That lasted us through the winter. Last year disaster struck and our water boiler broke down and after waiting over a month for the parts, we had to purchase a new water boiler so there goes the money for the wood. The water boiler also supplied the main source of our heating so we were burning pallets for Hubby's work place. We seamed to be asking anyone if they had wood to help us heat the house.

This year we have been inundated with offers of wood. So much so that we actually accepted at least 2 trees worth. This was being stored under plastic covering in what should be my vegetable patch.
Well today we had fine weather. So I went and pulled up some weeds while Hubby chopped some of the wood. As he was getting further down the pile, he spotted a Slow Worm.

It is a legless lizard and is endangered!

We knew we had them but thought that we had scared it off when we moved the compost heap last year. So I helped Hubby move the last of the wood carefully as not to squash the 1 that he sow. I found 1 and hubby says "the one I sow was darker than that one." Moved another bit of wood. found another 1. In total we have 5. 4 adults and one juvenile. One of the adults looks pregnant too.

So we have donated some of our logs to the slow worms. they now have a corner of the vegetable patch. We like Slow Worms as they eat spiders and slugs.