tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post5155035454379979588..comments2024-01-27T11:40:35.680+00:00Comments on Bean Sprouts: Bloody BirdsMelanie Rimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05871992146568559100noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-91759464570230413832007-09-09T20:22:00.000+01:002007-09-09T20:22:00.000+01:00Excellent website. Good work. Very useful. I will ...Excellent website. Good work. Very useful. I will bookmark!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-34981612291184802592007-08-28T15:11:00.000+01:002007-08-28T15:11:00.000+01:00Glad to read articles like this. Thanks to author!...Glad to read articles like this. Thanks to author!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-92155634515621608452007-08-18T07:44:00.000+01:002007-08-18T07:44:00.000+01:00Thanks for interesting article.Thanks for interesting article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-4514753518726371742007-08-17T21:27:00.000+01:002007-08-17T21:27:00.000+01:00Thanks for article!Thanks for article!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-88685951076157259782007-06-19T18:54:00.000+01:002007-06-19T18:54:00.000+01:00I used small canes and friendly bacteria pots to s...I used small canes and friendly bacteria pots to stop the net falling down. Then clothes pegs around the canes hold the netting taut. I have had no bird damage. The snails are a problem as they keep getting caught in the net! They die there because they are stuck fast!lilymarlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370053859106368722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-68111705541043808262007-06-17T21:51:00.000+01:002007-06-17T21:51:00.000+01:00I netted a couple of weeks ago - so the slugs got ...I netted a couple of weeks ago - so the slugs got them...Frankie https://www.blogger.com/profile/17922995992473118940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-62255130296761745582007-06-15T08:06:00.000+01:002007-06-15T08:06:00.000+01:00would old net curtain from a charity shop let enou...would old net curtain from a charity shop let enought light in? Just trying to think of a cheap & eco option rather than buying new netting. If you have any chicken wire left you could bend it into humps I suppose, or make a wood & chickenwire frame to cover the bed with.<BR/>We thought the local kids were messing with our redcurrants in our front garden as they were strewn across the path, til we realised it was the blackbird who'd nested in the ivy. Anyone know a good recipe for blackbird pie? Maybe with a tangy redcurrant sauce?(waste not, want not)Yellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975849028363084985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-45029286605356537892007-06-15T00:23:00.000+01:002007-06-15T00:23:00.000+01:00Build-a-balls are fine, purchased hoops are fine (...Build-a-balls are fine, purchased hoops are fine (but expensive) and of course you can just cobble some bamboo together with string, Lost-style. Let us know what you do!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13358765787567394445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-37254970632210634302007-06-14T07:15:00.000+01:002007-06-14T07:15:00.000+01:00Oh, my 11 year old daughter has been nursing along...Oh, my 11 year old daughter has been nursing along several pots of strawberries and is just beside herself chasing the squirrels and blue jays from her treasure! We even planted some ground plants near the bird brush pile hoping to lure the beasts away from her prize pots! LOL! Just this weekend we began shopping netting!Kelsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345922662050525027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-62731078137673863532007-06-13T17:15:00.000+01:002007-06-13T17:15:00.000+01:00No experience of netting, but loads of experience ...No experience of netting, but loads of experience of not getting around to netting (that was hard to type!)and losing fruit to birds.<BR/><BR/>I need one of those round tuit things...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-82883677200590605422007-06-13T14:26:00.000+01:002007-06-13T14:26:00.000+01:00Hi MelSlugs are the least of your worries regardin...Hi Mel<BR/><BR/>Slugs are the least of your worries regarding strawberries! Blackbirds love them even more than we do and a net is the only way to keep them out!<BR/><BR/>We grew some in pots on the patio last year and covered them in a net. Even this wasn't enough as the net wasn't far enough away from the fruit to keep them from pecking through!<BR/><BR/>I highly recommend "Build-A-Balls" and some bamboo canes to build a quick and easy cage for little cost which is what we have done this year. It works a treat!<BR/><BR/>Congrats on a very successful year one!<BR/><BR/>ChrisChris Whyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03363076185300042933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29284826.post-54371637583254594142007-06-13T14:24:00.000+01:002007-06-13T14:24:00.000+01:00Yes, we did ours a couple of weeks back when we no...Yes, we did ours a couple of weeks back when we noticed they were being munched.<BR/><BR/>We just draped netting over them, not really held above the plants but seems to work OK. We did need to put more pegs in to hold it down properly (the birds would sneal in from the side if not) and I have found one dead bird where it presumably got caught somehow. <BR/><BR/>NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com