Badgers and wedding anniversary presents

How about a fence so he can keep part of the garden pristine, and the wildlife can use the other part.

What a lovely post.
I wish you years of happy badger watching and moss-collecting!
😍

eazybee

How about a fence so he can keep part of the garden pristine, and the wildlife can use the other part.

The problem with badgers is that they burrow, get under anything and cause a lot of damage.

Plants that badgers dislike are lavender, rosemary. Very strong chillies too.
You could buy him a selection and take photos of him planting them for the anniversary album 😀

Is this a joke post?
He buys you an expensive brooch and you get him pellets?

... and not only "pellets" but lion poo pellets

We are so different in what kind of gift floats our boat. You know yr husband Stansgran, if pellets, in fact anything for the garden is what he’d like, I say go ahead. Expense doesn’t come in to it, it’s what gives pleasure is much more important. Happy Anniversary!

Oreo

Is this a joke post?
He buys you an expensive brooch and you get him pellets?

But it's what he'd like!!
🦁

I’d book a surprise holiday for the two of you - couple of days or longer? Give him the gardening stuff as well.
Amsterdam- Eurostar good, or Rome in the Soring- lovely

SuzieHi

I’d book a surprise holiday for the two of you - couple of days or longer? Give him the gardening stuff as well.
Amsterdam- Eurostar good, or Rome in the Soring- lovely

Yes, a trip somewhere.

And something for the garden too.

Happy anniversary Stansgran. Personally I'd invest in husband pellets and keep the badgers or send him off on an extended cruise.

Like you we have badgers, deer and foxes in our garden and I never get tired of watching them from my kitchen window. We had seven baby badgers once snuffling along our garden wall. It's such a privilege.

Thank you all for the advice. We are doing two of his bucket list destinations in July and I always find something for the garden. Last year it was a new swing.@denbylover i think I’ll go ahead as I doubt the wildlife will keep away. My friend thought their garden was deer proof fenced but has just found one,sadly dead on her lawn. @Oreo certainly not a joke and you can’t buy anything in Iceland 🇮🇸 that isn’t expensive as far as I could see.

How is his sense of humour? If it is good, I'd go with the pellets, but throw in a membership to your local/ regional badger group too 😁

Just as an aside - the few occasions when badgers have been a problem in my garden have arisen very shortly after I have applied moss killer and then raked out the dead stuff. I suspect that something in that process might have produced a scent that was irresistible to them! Or maybe just strengthened the smell of the moss, and every badger knows that beneath a bed of moss there is a delicious meal of slugs, grubs and other delicacies awaiting them.

If the pellets are something he wouldn't buy himself, then IMO they are present-worthy. From the sound of your post you'll both have everything you need, and looking for things to buy is unnecessary (again IMO). I think a present should be a treat - either something the recipient thinks is too extravagant to buy (it doesn't matter whether it is a fancy car or a bar of luxury chocolate) or an upgraded version of something they usually get for themselves. Either way, the best presents are not generic anythings, but gifts bought with love and thought.

I would never think to get anyone lion pellets, but I've never met anyone who would want them😂. I think they would make a much better gift than a jumper or shirt to live in his wardrobe - particularly so as this is an anniversary and it will show that you know him better than anyone else.

Have a lovely day, and I'd love to see your brooch if sharing a photo wouldn't be too 'outing'.

SuzieHi

I’d book a surprise holiday for the two of you - couple of days or longer? Give him the gardening stuff as well.
Amsterdam- Eurostar good, or Rome in the Soring- lovely

Oh lord NO!
Not a ^surprise holiday!!!

That would make me as fed up and cross as a surprise party!

BTW, my daughter bought elephant poo from the zoo for father's day one year. They has stopped selling tiger poo (which he wanted to keep cats out) for H&S reasons and she didn't want to come away "empty handed"

I'd go with poo pellets (and will now go away to Google them).

I expect he will get a great deal of joy from your gift anyway.

Congratulations! Buy the good man something he will enjoy, even if it is slug pellets!

Presents IMO should delight the recipient.

As it is your umpteenth anniversary, you must know buy now what he would like - get him that. My husband adored mechanical toys and the toy monkey he was given when he was four, so one Christmas I made said monkey a black cloth cap - probably the best present I ever gave my DH.

You could always buy him something badger related, like a Brian May poster

An update- we have put the garden camera out (another anniversary present from me) and the badgers are digging like mad. We have thought of feeding them generously so we’ve bought faggots from the local butcher (60p each!) and hoped that would suit them sufficiently and they would leave the worms to aerate the lawn. Don’t like to mention the problem locally as there are still people who badger bait around. I have bought the pellets but will wait a while. When you’ve been married since 1969 you can run out of ideas.

So glad to hear you're not discouraging the badgers. They should be very pleased with the faggots. As an occasional treat they also love peanut butter and honey spread thinly on bread.