Hi keen1 & everyone else with gt responsesw...... did`nt know there was another type.. this one just landed in my garden..hence reason i did`nt know what it was...will defo save seed for my daughter...maybe birds put it there.. so thank you my feathered friends/ talking of that.. I hope u r all putting much needed water out for them...
Hallo Jean. Yes looking after they birds really well - plenty of food variety and nice clean water. Apart from the fact most of us keen gardeners love them are you that bit extra and a regular watcher - perhaps even photographer. Mentioned earlier heard/saw first Cuckoo this morning - flew over quite low calling and would have made a great pic - had water can in hand not camera so lost out.. ( mentioned just as a matter of interest.).
Hallo jean - all. Yes looking after the birds well - plenty of food and nice clean water. Just for interest and ref Feverfew I have a repro of Gerards Herbal ( 16th cent and written in old English ( Elizabethan). Heres how he describes it :- "Of Fetherfew". Feverfew bringeth forth many little round stalkes, divided into certaine branches. The leaves are tender, diversly torne and jagged, and nicked on the edges like the first and nethermost leaves of Coriander but greater. The floures stand on the tops of the branches, with a small pale of white leaves, set round about a yellow ball or button, like the wild field Daisie. The root is hard and rough, the whole plant is of a light whitish greene colour, of a strong smell, and bitter taste. Note please I have just copied this - not from memory.
have not caught many on camera but this one was easy..fledgling of Gt tit...left too early so got brill pic..parents looked after him though & he flew next day...about 6 babies in nest box..going back to childhood I look to see if any eggs left to keep..there was one..remember as a kid I loved the medium size egg of speckled blue.. think it was blackbirds...
hi Keen1... great info you sent on feverfew... last yr I had blue tits plus gt tits but only gt tits this yr... not many blue tits about like few yrs ago.. looks like gt tits have taken over abit...
was up 5.30am today as cannot take heat...bird food out plus water etc..enjoying the peace of start of the day.. indoors now like a prisoner LOL...with fan on..
I use it for headaches, it may be psychological, but I find it works. I eat 2 leaves at the onset of a headache, but as Keen wrote it is very bitter, but I eat it very quickly and remember all medicine would taste awful if they didn't flavour it or hide it in capsules! May I just add that I love the old spellings of ancient tomes!
Hallo jean. Must not say too much here ref birds - but perhaps since they are such a vital part of the garden ( flying flowers?) a thread called say Garden Birds would be interesting?. I mentioned that we get far fewer of them here (mostly the Greats,Blues, Marshand Coal Tits) in addition to Woodpeckers, Blackbirds and a few others. Had more in the garden when living near Colchester and miss very much those I no longer see living here. Regards and best wishes.
Re birdies! yes I feed and water them every day - I have a flock of juvenille starlings (approx 50 of them!!) that I've been watching grow up plus all sorts of other birdies, goldfinches,greenfinches, all types of tits, sparrows, blackbirds, wood pigeons, collared doves etc etc. They all get a big handful of meal worms chucked over the grass in the morning before work - garden sometimes resembles scene from Hitchcock's The Birds! Not tried feverfew for a headache - Does it really work Reb4? x
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Hi keen1 & everyone else with gt responsesw...... did`nt know there was another type.. this one just landed in my garden..hence reason i did`nt know what it was...will defo save seed for my daughter...maybe birds put it there.. so thank you my feathered friends/ talking of that.. I hope u r all putting much needed water out for them...
Hallo Jean. Yes looking after they birds really well - plenty of food variety and nice clean water. Apart from the fact most of us keen gardeners love them are you that bit extra and a regular watcher - perhaps even photographer. Mentioned earlier heard/saw first Cuckoo this morning - flew over quite low calling and would have made a great pic - had water can in hand not camera so lost out.. ( mentioned just as a matter of interest.).
Hallo jean - all. Yes looking after the birds well - plenty of food and nice clean water. Just for interest and ref Feverfew I have a repro of Gerards Herbal ( 16th cent and written in old English ( Elizabethan). Heres how he describes it :- "Of Fetherfew". Feverfew bringeth forth many little round stalkes, divided into certaine branches. The leaves are tender, diversly torne and jagged, and nicked on the edges like the first and nethermost leaves of Coriander but greater. The floures stand on the tops of the branches, with a small pale of white leaves, set round about a yellow ball or button, like the wild field Daisie. The root is hard and rough, the whole plant is of a light whitish greene colour, of a strong smell, and bitter taste. Note please I have just copied this - not from memory.
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have not caught many on camera but this one was easy..fledgling of Gt tit...left too early so got brill pic..parents looked after him though & he flew next day...about 6 babies in nest box..going back to childhood I look to see if any eggs left to keep..there was one..remember as a kid I loved the medium size egg of speckled blue.. think it was blackbirds...
hi Keen1... great info you sent on feverfew... last yr I had blue tits plus gt tits but only gt tits this yr... not many blue tits about like few yrs ago.. looks like gt tits have taken over abit...
was up 5.30am today as cannot take heat...bird food out plus water etc..enjoying the peace of start of the day.. indoors now like a prisoner LOL...with fan on..
Anyone ever tried using it for headaches or as an insect repellent? Apparently it tastes horrible!
I use it for headaches, it may be psychological, but I find it works. I eat 2 leaves at the onset of a headache, but as Keen wrote it is very bitter, but I eat it very quickly and remember all medicine would taste awful if they didn't flavour it or hide it in capsules! May I just add that I love the old spellings of ancient tomes!
Hallo jean. Must not say too much here ref birds - but perhaps since they are such a vital part of the garden ( flying flowers?) a thread called say Garden Birds would be interesting?. I mentioned that we get far fewer of them here (mostly the Greats,Blues, Marshand Coal Tits) in addition to Woodpeckers, Blackbirds and a few others. Had more in the garden when living near Colchester and miss very much those I no longer see living here. Regards and best wishes.
so where r u now then keen1 !
Re birdies! yes I feed and water them every day - I have a flock of juvenille starlings (approx 50 of them!!) that I've been watching grow up plus all sorts of other birdies, goldfinches,greenfinches, all types of tits, sparrows, blackbirds, wood pigeons, collared doves etc etc. They all get a big handful of meal worms chucked over the grass in the morning before work - garden sometimes resembles scene from Hitchcock's The Birds! Not tried feverfew for a headache - Does it really work Reb4? x