i decided to give up on weeding my asparagus today because of the strange noise coming from under my rhubarb. At first I thought i had imagined it and carried on working but then i heard it again. i couldn't see anything and given it was a very strange sound and i was scared i decided it was time to go home.
The rhubarb has very big leaves nearly 3ft across and has now collapsed onto the ground but I couldn't see anything or any movement just a noise that sounded a bit llike a sick cat choking but what ever it was must have been smaller as i cat would have been an obious bulge in the rhubarb.
Help any ideas...i'm scared to go back! :-[
Hedgehog ? they make a lot of noise when they are mating -- usualy at night though,
Bet ' it ' wont be there tomorrow, go back and have a look for evidence - reporting back
of course, ;D
maybe that's why it's called "Rhubarb"
A very large frog?
I reckon it's a hedgehog too...
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e190/Plot52/DSCN2908.jpg)
Taken with a 'phone.. couldn't see what we were aiming at... :)
Might have been a pheasant. We have quite a few on site but they usually sit tight until you get too close then make a lot of noise as they leave. The females can be hard to see I nearly stood on one day.
It was gone the next day whatever it was. i searched my rhubarb with the aid of a long stick to lift up the leaves.