After the snow

[Aafke]

After 4 weeks of snow and very cold weather I went to my garden. Almost all snow was gone. The water in the waterbarrel is still frozen.
In my house I found all different kind of seeds who were eaten by (I hope ) a mouse, but it can be a rat too. All the package were damaged. All my dahlia roots were soft because they were frozen, so I can throw all of them away.
Outside I found a dead frog and a few pumpkins with holes in them were birds (or other animals have eaten from them, one was totally gone.
During the snow and cold I went every 2 or 3 days to my garden to feed the birds.
greetings Aafke

[Aafke]

I needed a new post for the other two pictures

[valhalla]

Aafke - I leave the pumpkins outside because the squirrels will chew them up and then either they or the birds will eat the seeds.  When it is really cold, everything is devoured.

[Wing Goose]

The birds love you Aafke.  You take such good care of them !
Lola

[Bird Crazy]

I would think it was a mouse because a rat would have ripped the package to shreds. You can tell it was just nibbled.

[Donna]

After 4 weeks of snow and very cold weather I went to my garden. Almost all snow was gone. The water in the waterbarrel is still frozen.
In my house I found all different kind of seeds who were eaten by (I hope ) a mouse, but it can be a rat too. All the package were damaged. All my dahlia roots were soft because they were frozen, so I can throw all of them away.
Outside I found a dead frog and a few pumpkins with holes in them were birds (or other animals have eaten from them, one was totally gone.
During the snow and cold I went every 2 or 3 days to my garden to feed the birds.
greetings Aafke

What happened to the frog? Did he die from the cold? My sister said that last week when they had that cold snap, they had many BIG frogs frozen in time on their lawn. My brother in law picked them up and put them in the garden under some brush or something to keep them protected. He wasn't sure if they were dead or went into some kind of deep catatonic state. Hope they thawed out.