I throw my snails into the air, aiming to have them fall on the concrete drive where their shells will break and hopefully one of the many birds from the surrounding woods will find them and eat them
Ms Lupin - lovely name by the way - the butterflies, especially peacocks lay their eggs on nettles as they are the preferred food for their caterpillars. Small tortoiseshell, painted lady comma and red admiral will do the same, but of course there are other less invasive plants that do the same -try honesty for the orange tip and buckthorn for the brimstone yellow. holly and ivy bring in the holly blue. I have all these regularly in my garden and they are so beautiful when they amass on my buddleia bushes.
Hello please do not throw garden snails in to the air hoping they are going to break there shells thats animal cruelty gods creatures should be encouraged to your garden not killed.how u like be thrown in the air huh?
last year I tried everything to protect my plants ie beer traps, gravel, crushed egg shells, coffee grounds, grapefruit hide aways, out with a torch at night and all to no avail. I lost all my courgettes, beens, chard and many flowering plants. the hedgehogs and thrushes cant keep them down so what am I to do. ps I have a squirrel digging up my alliums as i write! I love wildlife but am feeling very dicouraged.
I tried throwing my snails onto the middle of the lawn to encourage Thrushes etc, but no, all the birds ignore them and I just watched the snails happily find their way back to my delicious plants. The slugs I deal with by slug traps with beer, also I have a bucket of salt water which I put the slugs and snails into to meet their demise. Garden plants and vegetables take time, energy and money to grow, so I can't really sympathise with them when they chomp through my garden. There just seem to be so many of them even though we've had such a hard winter
you are not alone.Certainly it is heartening to find concern for the welfare of our native song birds and more so as a result of the most enduring winter for nigh on fifty years.My fellow gardeners for a time were displeased with my removal and disposal of slugs and snais from the environs of my garden which comprises lawn, shrubberies, veg. sectioned areas. In my attempt to keep harmony i came up with a thought that i should and could solve the dilemma by acquiring two productive khaki campbell ducks which feast on every and any moving ground dwelling insect especially in early mornings and late evenings. This is ok for me in the countryside with space and housing and security against foxes and dogs for the ducks. I dont use chemical sprays or pellets, my flowers and beds are not torn or scratched up by the ducks. The manure they provide is so nourishing to the garden i now feel i`ve killed a few birds with the one stone,pardon the pun.I have two fresh eggs each morning, my lawn lush and green,flowers and veg. thriving and i sing out loud great praise for two charming khaki campbell ducks
before Christmas my Holly tree was full of berries,but by Christmas day they had compleatly gone pidgeons and the lovely Thrush were the culprits, never find them tucking into a nice tasty snail or a really slimey slug, and my garden is full of the little blighters.so come on creatures they are waiting for you to polish them off.
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im a new garner im trying to plant yellow corn but i dont know how many kernals are needed per plant when i start
please reply to my mail
please reply to my mail
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