The little possum, having eaten most of our nasturtium patch, settled in the garden by the back fence on Sunday to have a good lick and then a big sleep. It was quite at home in our garden.

I contacted a wildlife carer about it yesterday. She advised that if it was there the next day to call her again and she would arrange to collect it. When I went out the back yard, it had disappeared, but a much smaller one was eating the pear that I had left out. Oh dear. However it curled up to sleep in what was left of the nasturtium patch.

This morning, with thunder storms looming, neither of them were anywhere to be seen. We never saw them again, and hoped that they had found new safe places to live.

The nasturtiums will regrow!