Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[Graham Catlow]

I've heard it said they might dig where bonemeal has been applied. Your avatar not much use as a deterrant then?

No bone meal and a bone idle dog. To be fair he is old, but if he saw a fox he would try to see it off. However, even in his fittest days he would never have caught one. Shar Pei's aren't the most agile of dogs.

[Anthony Darby]

Heidi "treed" a cat on her walk today! Result! She also made a bushy-tailed rat leap off our house wall onto the bark by the children's swing and run like its life depended on it for the boundary fence!

[mark smyth]

Dobbies Garden World got rid of me at my 8 week review after the plants manager typed an A4 page of damning comments. I think he had it in for me. His word V mine and because he was a manager I was out. He wasnt there for me to query my comments

[Gail]

So sorry to hear this Mark and very frustrating for you to have no comeback.  Hope you find somewhere else where they appreciate good plantsmen!

[Maggi Young]

When I heard the manager's "experience" was of Bedding at Ikea I felt that this was a bad omen. Someone who knew his asters from his echinacea must have been quite a threat. 

[angie]

Mark it's there loss. I was at our local Dobbies meeting a friend for coffee today and I asked if there had been cut backs as there weren't enough staff on. When they first opened there was so much staff but finding someone now that can help is like finding a needle in a haystack and there tills are just a joke. Better stop before I go on to much ( not a fan of Dobbies ) I like the wee nurseries.

Angie   

[Lesley Cox]

I'm so sorry about that Mark. Some senior staff can be so stupid. Best wishes for finding a new place soon.

[Lesley Cox]

It's true about bonemeal attracting the canine fraternity. In the autumn when I potted some lachenalias (4 different but all alike in their bulbs) and some tulips, I added some bonemeal to the compost. That same night the whole lot were tipped and the bulbs scattered, as presumably the dogs (my little darlings, no foxes here) looked for some interesting body to confer with. 4 pots coming into flower now of mixed lachenalias.

[TheOnionMan]

*******foxes!!!!!

Unfortunately I am unable to prevent foxes from entering my garden.

Graham

Sorry to see all that damage Graham.  We have foxes that come through the yard every now and then, but any garden disturbance has been rare.  Twice I was surprised to find a freshly dug spot in my garden with some black feathers sticking out, and each time there was a dead crow shallowly buried there, I have heard that foxes will bury their food, not sure how true that is.

[TheOnionMan]

Mark S, sincerely sorry to hear the bad news, I wish you the best to find a new position.

[annew]

There you are Graham, at least you didn't have dead crows left in exchange.
Seriously though, sorry about your job, Mark. As Angie says, it's their loss. Best wishes in finding somewhere better.

[mark smyth]

Thanks everyone. It was brilliant while it lasted. It took a year and 3 months to get a job last time but I hope it doesnt take so long this time. Lots of staff have been contacting me to say how shocked the Dobbies employees are.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Good to see that you're not givin' up hope Mark !
I'm sure there'll be another (and better !) job along for you ! 
All the best !

[t00lie]

Hello Mark

Sorry to hear about the job.
Hopefully my visit to you during work hours wasn't used as one of the damming comments.

Cheers Dave.

[mark smyth]

oops coming in late here.

Thanks Dave and Luc. Dave never worry