Yes, I think I need to get it back to a confined area , I am thinking I will let it climb an old tree stump I have, as when it climbed and killed my lilac at least the wrens nested in it. I agree it is great for wild life, so I will keep a bit of it.
I hard pruned my ivy one autumn thinking the blackbirds had finished with it and to my utter horror several fledglings fell out of a nest still in use. I tried to put them back but they didn't want to go back.I was horrified as you can imagine. Just a cautionary tale.
Thank you daydaisy , our dead lilac come ivy tree was pulled down in february to avoid anything nesting in it. It is a shame as the blackbirds loved it as well, but along with that there was the foxes that would sit on the fence and pinch the chicks as so as they tried to fledge. Nature is beautiful but cruel
That tale is appalling Gillian. Not much we can do about some things but perhaps you did the blackbirds a good turn in making them look for a safer site to build their home in.
Wow, yes it is a persistent little sod , and that is my experience so far. New fences going up this spring and a vigulent watch out for any regrowth . Then when I get to 75 yrs old I will have to move to a a patio garden
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Yes, I think I need to get it back to a confined area , I am thinking I will let it climb an old tree stump I have, as when it climbed and killed my lilac at least the wrens nested in it. I agree it is great for wild life, so I will keep a bit of it.
I hard pruned my ivy one autumn thinking the blackbirds had finished with it and to my utter horror several fledglings fell out of a nest still in use. I tried to put them back but they didn't want to go back.I was horrified as you can imagine. Just a cautionary tale.
Thank you daydaisy , our dead lilac come ivy tree was pulled down in february to avoid anything nesting in it. It is a shame as the blackbirds loved it as well, but along with that there was the foxes that would sit on the fence and pinch the chicks as so as they tried to fledge. Nature is beautiful but cruel
That tale is appalling Gillian. Not much we can do about some things but perhaps you did the blackbirds a good turn in making them look for a safer site to build their home in.
Wow, yes it is a persistent little sod , and that is my experience so far. New fences going up this spring and a vigulent watch out for any regrowth . Then when I get to 75 yrs old I will have to move to a a patio garden