Well that scared the cat - he wasnot impressed
State of the Game
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Rinse before you eat? And if you think RAID™ isn't effective, you ain't seen it in action! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
THEN WHY ARE THEY EATING THE FRUIT AS WELL? GREED!Well, they kill pesky insects for you to. You'll do well to remember that
Good luck. Same here, all it seems all over. It's flpping madness, and goodness knows how first time buyers are supposed to get a place.
Drizzle. Divine drizzle and much cooler temperatures. I'm feeling borderline human! (London here.)...At least it's raining for a change
Diplomacy is, as always, the solution. You just haven't made it sufficiently clear to them that such behavior is unacceptable.
That's on you, buddy.
Yes! Answering for Yaffle.
Misha + diplomacy = Blam!
It is but it's very polluting. Birds aren't.
Plus insects brings disease.
My mom had a murder cat who'd kill everything that fly or crawled or walked around the house. They had disease and insects all over the plants, and had to treat them over and over again. That cat is gone, and now it's much better (the new one is less psychotic).
Well, huh, you can make sure they don't eat the fruit ? I mean, we have tools for that^^
It's a bit of work though.
Never fails. Don't try to gild the lily, my man.
I leave some fruit on the ground for birds to eat. My wife gives them grain. I've been more than cordial and these sky bound vermin repay me with this.
The only answer they understand
I've got bird scaring devices, nets, dopey cats in the garden.....these berries seem to be bird based narcotics they want them so bad.
Hasn't killed me yet. And live birds aren't near as tasty as the dead kind.
Yep. Hence RAID™
What kind of berries ?
Sure, but in the end it's a lot more works. Raids is not going to apply itself, and neither are the treatment on plants.Hasn't killed me yet. And live birds aren't near as tasty as the dead kind.
Yep. Hence RAID™
Birds are free and work on their own.
You're some sort of communist, aren't you?
The first chap I ever worked for was in the desert in WWII, a gunner in a Matilda tank. Heading out of Tobruk to recon a line of oil-drums (often used as road markers by both sides) they trundled over a low rise to discover the 'oil-drums' were in fact very blurred images of a line of 88mm anti-tank guns. He said there was 'that moment'. The British stopped in their tracks (literally) said 'oh flip!' and selected reverse. On the German side they said 'oh flip!', put down their mugs of drink and plates of food, and scrambled for their guns.I leave some fruit on the ground for birds to eat. My wife gives them grain. I've been more than cordial and these sky bound vermin repay me with this.
The only answer they understand
He said they laughed about it later. It seems that in the kerfuffle not a shot was fired. Too much 'oh flip!' going on. He also said to never trust military intelligence.
Bernie was a lovely man, and like many of his era, on all sides I'm sure, very quiet about what he had seen and done.
Weird. I didn't have a hangover before.
Redcurrants
Blackcurrants
Raspberries
Strawberries
Berry hybrids
Cherries
Blackberries
At the minute they are going for anything red (which sadly includes the maturing blackberries).
Strawberry we have a big net all around them. The issue is more insects than birds. Wasps are nasty. Those buggers even made hole into it and we had to take a stronger net. We also had a mouse who successfully climbed all the way up there through the net (it's waist height).
Cherry we used to have old CDrom (good old AOL strawman). But my mother haven't done cherry for some time.
They don't go for blackberries, and most other berries have limited eating, nothing major. Sometimes it can be good to have "sacrificial" berries you don't plan on collecting, but are easier for the birds to collect.
Good tips. The birds are certainly going for my maturing blackberries which are cherry red at the minute before going black.
Hornets will be fun this year as that early frost in France has killed all the pear and plum blossom- and these were the hornets fav food. I have loads of grape vines now pumping up juicy fruit and I'm going to have to be quick before they get involved. That, or with the wacky weather the mildew does my vines in again.