And the Fauna...

   The  mower was housed elsewhere over the winter, so I had taken the opportunity to make the shed as clean and clear as possible. I'd sprayed, put down mothballs, different soaps, fabric softener sheets, rodent-deterrent packs, mousetraps and yes, poison, even though its use is to be restricted a distance from the house.
   The mower is now back, in use and in the shed, so the area is not as open to viewing what may lie inside. I saw a clump of hay in the corner near the door and scraped it outside  with  a shovel. About half a dozen baby mice, probably about a week and a half old, scrambled out from their disturbed nest.I stood there, shovel in hand, and realized I could dispatch several of them, but I didn't do so. I noticed shreds of the mouse poison/deterrent packages were interwoven in their nesting material. Oh, ticks, fleas, plague.