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Old 06-04-2004, 09:39 PM
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Default More berries mean a hard winter - old wives tale?

"Oxymel_of_Squill" wrote in message
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Hi,

there is a theory that extra berries on the shrubs means a hard winter

and
nature is taking care of all the birds etc.


more likely shrub trying to increase its chances of propagating I should
have thought



Or the cold weather has killed the birds so the berries don't get eaten...

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