My wife send me to the store yesterday to buy some Shotgun. Shotgun is a pepper spray that is sprayed on plants to wort off critters that would eat them.

Last winter, the critters just about decimated the ivy that she was trying to grow. So, the thought was to spray the ivy before the snow flies.

When I got to Meijers (regional grocery chain) I headed for the gardening center to buy some repellent. However, when I got there, I discovered that the whole gardening center had become the Christmas center.

There were lights and ornaments and tinsel and wrapping paper but no Shotgun. So, I bought some wrapping paper instead.

In the past, we have waited until a few days before Christmas to purchase these items. And as a result, the wrapping paper was pretty well picked over. All that would be left is the really expensive stuff or the cheap stuff that was too ugly to use.

I did stop at the hardware store and bought some Repel. It was the last bottle that they had. I think that the gardening season is pretty much finished.