There must be something you can do about the missing crickets, Virginia. I believe Dickens wrote a story called 'The Cricket on the Hearth,' so that shows they belong.

Buy some leaf mold and pile in the corners of your garden, then see what happens.
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Two days ago I was in the small town of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. After supper we stopped in a the community jam. There were 60 people in the audience and 22 playing instruments or singing. Lots of guitars, needless to say.

Olddude, I'm glad to hear that your neighbors like your music.