Since moving to the country
this fact has come to light,
maintaining our new home
gives us a battle to fight.
Newly graded and seeded lawn
quickly became uneven ground,
mole runs crisscrossed acres,
flowerbeds raided, bulbs gone.
Two hundred tulip bulbs
along the fence last fall
produced not a single bloom,
little robbers ate them all.
We consulted local nurseries,
bought whatever they suggested.
Worked...
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