As some of you may remember I am deaf. I do wear hearing aids but even then I still can not hear everything. When I lay down I have to take my hearing aids out because I have permanent tubes in my ears to let fluid build up drain out. If I left my aids in my ears at night they would be completely plugged up by morning and would have to be sent away to the makers to be fixed.
Because of my hearing it would be easy for some one to break into the windows of my bedroom at night and get in and I would not know it until it was too late. That is a risk I do not want to take when SHTF so I have come up with an idea to protect my windows from break ins.
I bought 3 climbing roses a few weeks ago and planted one of them under each window and the third one was planted in the middle. At first I had thought of planting them in containers and just sitting them under the windows but I realized that they could easily be moved by any one wanting to break in bad enough. So I planted them in the ground. Soon I will be adding trellis behind them for them to climb.. Not this year but in the next couple of years they should be tall enough and thick enough to prevent some one from trying to access my windows while I am sleeping.
As an added bonus, I can open my windows when the roses are blooming and enjoy their beautiful scent when ever I want plus I will have the hips in the fall to make herbal tea and remedies. What could be better than that?
I still have Jake to protect and alert me if some one tries to get in but having more ways to deter the bad guys makes me feel safer.
Jake is my German Shepard/Huskey mix but looks almost full Shepard except for the Dalmaitian feet. We have no idea where the feet come from as there are no Dalmatians anywhere near where Jake's mother lives.
Jake will be 3 months old this Saturday and he has grown quite a bit. He now weighs 20 lbs and his head comes up to my knee. You can not see any Husky in him which disappointed my husband but I think Jake is going to be a pretty black German Shepard. Of course, I may be biased so I will let you judge for yourself.
I just love those big ears! LOL
Jake is my little shadow. He follows me where ever I go even in the house and if some one new gets to close to me he steps in front of me and sits. There is only one thing about Jake that worries me. Believe it or not he is scared of the dark. He will not go outside after dark to relieve himself unless I push him out the door and he will not leave the deck unless I go outside with him. I hope he outgrows this when he gets older.
Prepping Granny