Next to my landlady's garage in the back yard is a small strip of soil where I grow tomatoes. I don't make use of the entire length of that, and at the far end of it is a bunch of junk such as old tires.
Maybe three days ago, I was watering the tomato plants when I saw a clump of dark brown hair just beyond the furthermost plant. It was a dead rat. With both my skin and my stomach crawling, I got a flowerpot, filled that with soil and dumped the soil over the corpse. At least then I didn't have to look at it.
For two days, all was well. Then I came home today and something had unearthed the corpse and dragged it perhaps eight inches away from the plants. Unfortunately the corpse is now attracting flies and it smells awful.
My question is, would it be a waste of time to cover it up with earth again, much more earth? I just don't know what else to do. I googled "dead rat in the garden", but I can't bring myself to get the thing into a bag. Just thinking about it is starting to make me feel sick. Any thoughts?
Maybe three days ago, I was watering the tomato plants when I saw a clump of dark brown hair just beyond the furthermost plant. It was a dead rat. With both my skin and my stomach crawling, I got a flowerpot, filled that with soil and dumped the soil over the corpse. At least then I didn't have to look at it.
For two days, all was well. Then I came home today and something had unearthed the corpse and dragged it perhaps eight inches away from the plants. Unfortunately the corpse is now attracting flies and it smells awful.
My question is, would it be a waste of time to cover it up with earth again, much more earth? I just don't know what else to do. I googled "dead rat in the garden", but I can't bring myself to get the thing into a bag. Just thinking about it is starting to make me feel sick. Any thoughts?