On Tue, 23 May 2006 23:08:44 +0100, K wrote
(in article ):

Sacha Hubbard writes
On Tue, 23 May 2006 17:39:59 +0100, Janet Baraclough wrote
(in article ):


I'm almost relieved to hear you say this. One of my daughters has been ON
at
me to get some of these things and while I'm extremely keen to get the birds
into the garden, I can't help feeling absolutely revulsion for these worms.
I gather one can buy a 'breeding kit' which is my idea of a rolling
nightmare! We already get various bugs (the good predator kind) delivered
in the post and until I put my foot down with a firm hand, they were being
put in the house fridge. Despite the fact they were firmly sealed up in
their little jars and boxes, I really hated it so when I became chatelaine
of
HHN, a new fridge was bought and put out in the nursery! The very thought
of
starting all over again made me feel horrified but my offspring-stirred
conscience was pricking me! I'll subdue it, firmly.
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If all your grub eating birds are gorging themselves on mealworms, they
won't be out and about doing their job of biological control of pests on
your plants ;-)


What a dilemma! My thinking was that we would encourage *more* birds in with
the mealworms but also help them to feed their young, thus ensuring a larger
population etc. etc.

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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