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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peewit" data-source="post: 1342223" data-attributes="member: 57492">I have got to admit I will not forget the day my OH and I lovingly planted a load of pansies (deep purple and bright yellow ones) in our 2 large cement troughs just outside our lounge  window (this was in rural Scotland)Next morning we woke up and there was not a single flower left attached to the pansies, but the stems remained :eek!:Our one thought was it may have been deer, the other hungry bunnies - we never solved the mystery to this day. :eek!:We had Muntjac deer along the country road closeby, so she did have our concerns.  Must have been a dawn raid!.We never shut of gate to our drive, but after this incident we did.  Not to say that deer would find another way in over our low wall anyhow if they wanted to.So it shows that living in a remote area has got it's drawbacks. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>