tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post7413424396425490558..comments2024-01-31T04:09:28.704+00:00Comments on SILVERTREEDAZE: CONTEMPLATING COLUMBACIDEPlant Mad Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-66458626213760653862009-03-26T22:15:00.000+00:002009-03-26T22:15:00.000+00:00I had been at a complete loss for words last year ...I had been at a complete loss for words last year upon discovery of my little garden tragedy. After 4 careful years I managed to get 48 CARDIOCRINUM giganteum to germinate, make little bulby thingies, live through the silly Canadian winter(s) so that they were finally ready for the next stage of planting out. Squirrel Nutkin, dislodged, dismembered and dispatched all 48 of them. I'm still upset, but at least I know what to say. May I quote you?Barbarapchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990013417063903768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-79841369945644160982009-03-25T18:01:00.000+00:002009-03-25T18:01:00.000+00:00I envy you the established cuckoo flowers. We get ...I envy you the established cuckoo flowers. We get them if we neglect to mow the lawn but they won't stay where I carefully move them too! I love your main photo by the way.EBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09405771860220362327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-91307184848683912802009-03-25T15:26:00.000+00:002009-03-25T15:26:00.000+00:00Hi NigelI say, I say I learnt some useful english ...Hi Nigel<BR/>I say, I say I learnt some useful english strong words today. I do understand that you are frustrated, they are most annoying creatures. Your photos are a true joy to look at, so many lovely blooms.<BR/><BR/>Bon appetite! :-) TyraTYRA Hallsénius Lindhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04111758517855490413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-89337658256543969182009-03-25T12:05:00.000+00:002009-03-25T12:05:00.000+00:00I see james has mentioned the RSPB's report that w...I see james has mentioned the RSPB's report that wood pigeon numbers have risen - just to depress you this is by 824%!!!!<BR/>http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/results/Helen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-46542485519196671342009-03-25T11:17:00.000+00:002009-03-25T11:17:00.000+00:00Danny the Champion of the World - thank you Dawn f...Danny the Champion of the World - thank you Dawn for reminding me of that. May I suggest a mixture of rum-soaked-raisin stuffed pigeon in a pie? May as well make lemonade when you have so many metaphorical lemons.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475182740888543862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-79975096736874944292009-03-25T09:13:00.000+00:002009-03-25T09:13:00.000+00:00How completely fustrating. However thank you for i...How completely fustrating. However thank you for introducing me to a wider variety of Wod Anemones than I knew existed.Helen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-88523627835337489182009-03-25T08:14:00.000+00:002009-03-25T08:14:00.000+00:00I've just spent the whole winter making chicken wi...I've just spent the whole winter making chicken wire panels in order to protect brassicas at our allotment. I realise that a woodland garden littered with towers and boxes is not the most aesthetically pleasing solution for your garden but it might make an interesting conceptual garden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-25268543766484441442009-03-25T07:48:00.000+00:002009-03-25T07:48:00.000+00:00Just heard person from RSPB (an organisation whose...Just heard person from RSPB (an organisation whose motives I do not altogether trust) announce a rise is wood pigeon numbers as if that was a cause for much rejoicing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-31850235315229884832009-03-24T15:36:00.000+00:002009-03-24T15:36:00.000+00:00I'm supposed to be making a birthday card for Cbee...I'm supposed to be making a birthday card for Cbeebies but instead find myself vaguely obsessing about this problem. Could you channel a touch of Roald Dahl's 'Danny, the Champion of the World' and try drugging raisins...<BR/><BR/>Not sure what you would do with multiple sleepy wood pigeons, but perhaps you could deliver them to Keith Flloyd and between you create a 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' pie.<BR/><BR/>Must get back to my 'In the Night Garden' birthday card now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-21128806167451874472009-03-24T10:24:00.000+00:002009-03-24T10:24:00.000+00:00my dog likes chasing pigeons. I take him up the al...my dog likes chasing pigeons. I take him up the allotment where I have conceived a similarly deep hatred for the fat, self-satisfied little bloaters - it's easier to net cabbages than woodlands though. Have you tried stringing threads through the trees or is that too horrid a suggestion? A friend of mine kept a heron off her pond (and away therefore from her fishies) by hanging large tin-foil plates from bits of string on sticks. Worked a treat, looked awful.<BR/><BR/>am entirely with you on the casserole idea, though prefer HM's pigeon pie myself.<BR/><BR/>I think you need to get that shotgun back, and fast. Or hire The Hat, of course.The Constant Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219672153177538912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-21434923447564485302009-03-24T07:57:00.000+00:002009-03-24T07:57:00.000+00:00Gun for Hire:I have on my desk a smoking gun that ...Gun for Hire:<BR/>I have on my desk a smoking gun that has proved it's efficacy by despatching a squirrel this morning.<BR/>It is at your disposal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-50800875837722727412009-03-23T23:00:00.000+00:002009-03-23T23:00:00.000+00:00I'm just laughing at HappyMouffetard's link! Could...I'm just laughing at HappyMouffetard's link! <BR/><BR/>Could you try a garlic wash? I had a problem with rabbits the year before last, and made a wonderfully pungent garlic gunge which I dribbled over the plants which were at risk. It worked! Don't know if wood pigeons like garlic or not ... (Fortunately I do!!)Phoenix C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13852678924557075302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-57002137259971049292009-03-23T20:39:00.000+00:002009-03-23T20:39:00.000+00:00May I suggest this?May I suggest <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/pigeonpie_8159.shtml" REL="nofollow">this</A>?HappyMouffetardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157145094611234176noreply@blogger.com