Birds Don't Eat Berries
They don't eat them. They ruin them. They taste them. They peck them.
They mutilate them... but they don't eat them. If they ate the berries they would get full and have to stop. As I now take all the the pecked berries and lay them next to the birdbath -- where they are ignored -- I would like to know if there are any other good ideas on how to discourage them? This seems to mostly be robins eating the blackberries. I think some people use netting but it seems that that would be a mess to handle. How about something that would vigorously wave a flag and chime every few minutes? I may have to build something. |
Birds Don't Eat Berries
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"Dave" wrote in message
om... This seems to mostly be robins eating the blackberries. You deliberately grow blackberries? -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky please substitute yahoo for mousepotato to reply Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/ See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
"Dave" wrote in message
om... This seems to mostly be robins eating the blackberries. You deliberately grow blackberries? -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky please substitute yahoo for mousepotato to reply Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/ See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
"Claire Petersky" wrote in message ink.net... "Dave" wrote in message om... This seems to mostly be robins eating the blackberries. You deliberately grow blackberries? What's wrong with growing blackberries? They make fine jam. Ray |
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"Dave" wrote in message om... This seems to mostly be robins eating the blackberries. You deliberately grow blackberries? Thornless in the yard, thorny variety back in the woods. |
"Ray Drouillard" wrote in message ... "Claire Petersky" wrote in message ink.net... "Dave" wrote in message om... This seems to mostly be robins eating the blackberries. You deliberately grow blackberries? What's wrong with growing blackberries? They make fine jam. You must live in an area where they are not a noxious weed. If I want to make jam, I can go to any vacant lot, park, or verge and pick. But I must be ever-vigilent to keep them out of my yard -- a few weeks of neglect, and I've got vines sprouting once again from the edge of the fence. -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky please substitute yahoo for mousepotato to reply Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/ See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
"Ray Drouillard" wrote in message ... "Claire Petersky" wrote in message ink.net... "Dave" wrote in message om... This seems to mostly be robins eating the blackberries. You deliberately grow blackberries? What's wrong with growing blackberries? They make fine jam. You must live in an area where they are not a noxious weed. If I want to make jam, I can go to any vacant lot, park, or verge and pick. But I must be ever-vigilent to keep them out of my yard -- a few weeks of neglect, and I've got vines sprouting once again from the edge of the fence. -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky please substitute yahoo for mousepotato to reply Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/ See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
"Claire Petersky" wrote in message ink.net... "Ray Drouillard" wrote in message ... "Claire Petersky" wrote in message ink.net... "Dave" wrote in message om... This seems to mostly be robins eating the blackberries. You deliberately grow blackberries? What's wrong with growing blackberries? They make fine jam. You must live in an area where they are not a noxious weed. If I want to make jam, I can go to any vacant lot, park, or verge and pick. But I must be ever-vigilent to keep them out of my yard -- a few weeks of neglect, and I've got vines sprouting once again from the edge of the fence. Sort of like multiflora roses, eh? I have heard nasty things about them, but they don't seem to be a problem here. I guess competition in the plant world is so stiff here that none of the 'noxious weeds' that I hear about can really get a good toehold (roothold?). We have lots of the plants that are called 'noxious weeds' elsewhere, but they seem to find their niche and stay put around here. Ray |
"Ray Drouillard" wrote in message ...
"Claire Petersky" wrote: You must live in an area where they are not a noxious weed. If I want to make jam, I can go to any vacant lot, park, or verge and pick. But I must be ever-vigilent to keep them out of my yard -- a few weeks of neglect, and I've got vines sprouting once again from the edge of the fence. Sort of like multiflora roses, eh? I have heard nasty things about them, but they don't seem to be a problem here. I guess competition in the plant world is so stiff here that none of the 'noxious weeds' that I hear about can really get a good toehold (roothold?). We have lots of the plants that are called 'noxious weeds' elsewhere, but they seem to find their niche and stay put around here. Hmmm... the thorny blackberries can be troublesome but they like sun and seem to mostly propagate through the root system so this limits their spread to adjacent sunny areas. |
"Penelope Periwinkle" wrote in message ... On 8 Sep 2004 05:13:37 -0700, (Dave) wrote: "Ray Drouillard" wrote in message ... "Claire Petersky" wrote: You must live in an area where they are not a noxious weed. If I want to make jam, I can go to any vacant lot, park, or verge and pick. But I must be ever-vigilent to keep them out of my yard -- a few weeks of neglect, and I've got vines sprouting once again from the edge of the fence. Sort of like multiflora roses, eh? I have heard nasty things about them, but they don't seem to be a problem here. I guess competition in the plant world is so stiff here that none of the 'noxious weeds' that I hear about can really get a good toehold (roothold?). We have lots of the plants that are called 'noxious weeds' elsewhere, but they seem to find their niche and stay put around here. Hmmm... the thorny blackberries can be troublesome but they like sun and seem to mostly propagate through the root system so this limits their spread to adjacent sunny areas. Ha! They most certainly do not limit themselves around here. They're sneaky little *******s, too. You no sooner get them stomped in one place, but they pop up in another part of the yard. At least kudzu is brazen; it announces its presence by waving its fronds about insolently in the air so it can be easily spotted and properly exterminated. If I lived in the south, I could probably feed all my goats for free. If someone knocked on your door and asked for permission to harvest your kudzu vines, what would you say? How about if they want to put some goats into your field that's overgrown with multiflora roses or blackberries? Ray |
"Claire Petersky" wrote in message nk.net... I'm worried that a goat in our own back yard would soon be munching on things I'd like to keep, as opposed to things I'd like to have taken down. Ever heard of cabrito? Goat has a nice flavor to it :) Once the weedy-problem is dealt with... have a barbeque!! Kelly Paul Graham. |
"Claire Petersky" wrote in message nk.net... I'm worried that a goat in our own back yard would soon be munching on things I'd like to keep, as opposed to things I'd like to have taken down. Ever heard of cabrito? Goat has a nice flavor to it :) Once the weedy-problem is dealt with... have a barbeque!! Kelly Paul Graham. |
"simy1" wrote in message m... but it is easier if they are right in your backyard. Blackberries are not so aggressive in Michigan. I have to hack the stuff threatening to choke them if I want to have them in my fencerows. Even here in hoy, humis eastern Texas. I've never seen inpenetrable thickets of blackberries! Kelly Paul Graham |
"simy1" wrote in message m... but it is easier if they are right in your backyard. Blackberries are not so aggressive in Michigan. I have to hack the stuff threatening to choke them if I want to have them in my fencerows. Even here in hoy, humis eastern Texas. I've never seen inpenetrable thickets of blackberries! Kelly Paul Graham |
"Kelly Paul Graham" wrote in message ... "simy1" wrote in message m... but it is easier if they are right in your backyard. Blackberries are not so aggressive in Michigan. I have to hack the stuff threatening to choke them if I want to have them in my fencerows. Even here in hoy, humis eastern Texas. I've never seen inpenetrable thickets of blackberries! Kelly Paul Graham hmmmm! Wonder if GWB declared war on them too! :) Cindy |
"Kelly Paul Graham" wrote in message ... "simy1" wrote in message m... but it is easier if they are right in your backyard. Blackberries are not so aggressive in Michigan. I have to hack the stuff threatening to choke them if I want to have them in my fencerows. Even here in hoy, humis eastern Texas. I've never seen inpenetrable thickets of blackberries! Kelly Paul Graham hmmmm! Wonder if GWB declared war on them too! :) Cindy |
"Cindy" wrote in message ... "Kelly Paul Graham" wrote in message ... "simy1" wrote in message m... but it is easier if they are right in your backyard. Blackberries are not so aggressive in Michigan. I have to hack the stuff threatening to choke them if I want to have them in my fencerows. Even here in hoy, humis eastern Texas. I've never seen inpenetrable thickets of blackberries! Kelly Paul Graham hmmmm! Wonder if GWB declared war on them too! :) Cindy This was in the 1970s and early-'80s, LONG time before the Georges :) Kely Paul Graham |
"Cindy" wrote in message ... "Kelly Paul Graham" wrote in message ... "simy1" wrote in message m... but it is easier if they are right in your backyard. Blackberries are not so aggressive in Michigan. I have to hack the stuff threatening to choke them if I want to have them in my fencerows. Even here in hoy, humis eastern Texas. I've never seen inpenetrable thickets of blackberries! Kelly Paul Graham hmmmm! Wonder if GWB declared war on them too! :) Cindy This was in the 1970s and early-'80s, LONG time before the Georges :) Kely Paul Graham |
"Kelly Paul Graham" wrote in message ... "Claire Petersky" wrote in message nk.net... I'm worried that a goat in our own back yard would soon be munching on things I'd like to keep, as opposed to things I'd like to have taken down. Ever heard of cabrito? Goat has a nice flavor to it :) Once the weedy-problem is dealt with... have a barbeque!! Kelly Paul Graham. Chances are, we'll have a buckling or two for sale next year. Any toggenburgs we get won't be able to be registered, anyhow. A neutered male goat is just the thing for eating lots of plant matter. Ray Drouillard |
"Kelly Paul Graham" wrote in message ... "Claire Petersky" wrote in message nk.net... I'm worried that a goat in our own back yard would soon be munching on things I'd like to keep, as opposed to things I'd like to have taken down. Ever heard of cabrito? Goat has a nice flavor to it :) Once the weedy-problem is dealt with... have a barbeque!! Kelly Paul Graham. Chances are, we'll have a buckling or two for sale next year. Any toggenburgs we get won't be able to be registered, anyhow. A neutered male goat is just the thing for eating lots of plant matter. Ray Drouillard |
On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:23:08 GMT, "Kelly Paul Graham"
wrote: "simy1" wrote in message om... but it is easier if they are right in your backyard. Blackberries are not so aggressive in Michigan. I have to hack the stuff threatening to choke them if I want to have them in my fencerows. Even here in hoy, humis eastern Texas. I've never seen inpenetrable thickets of blackberries! A South Carolina blackberry can whup a Texas blackberry's candy ass any day of the week, and twice on Sundays. They've whupped mine a few times, but the blackberries wuz worth it. Penelope -- "Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart." "ElissaAnn" |
On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:23:08 GMT, "Kelly Paul Graham"
wrote: "simy1" wrote in message om... but it is easier if they are right in your backyard. Blackberries are not so aggressive in Michigan. I have to hack the stuff threatening to choke them if I want to have them in my fencerows. Even here in hoy, humis eastern Texas. I've never seen inpenetrable thickets of blackberries! A South Carolina blackberry can whup a Texas blackberry's candy ass any day of the week, and twice on Sundays. They've whupped mine a few times, but the blackberries wuz worth it. Penelope -- "Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart." "ElissaAnn" |
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:40:39 -0400, "Ray Drouillard"
wrote: "Penelope Periwinkle" wrote in message blackberry vines and Kudzu, too At least kudzu is brazen; it announces its presence by waving its fronds about insolently in the air so it can be easily spotted and properly exterminated. If I lived in the south, I could probably feed all my goats for free. You know, people talk about feeding kudzu to goats all the time, but every goat I've ever known would only eat kudzu if it couldn't jump fence and get something it liked better. If someone knocked on your door and asked for permission to harvest your kudzu vines, what would you say? I'd say "kudzu! Tell me where and I'll get the Round Up!" My neighbor and I nipped the kudzu that was along the fence in the bud, so to speak. Got the poison ivy, too. Blackberry is tricksy and sly, as I mentioned, it sneaks in and sprouts all over the place, one sneaky cane at a time How about if they want to put some goats into your field that's overgrown with multiflora roses or blackberries? Well, the multiflora rose is out front. If they want to feed their goat and can keep it out of the other flower beds, they're welcome to try. Manure is welcome in my yard, but if it eats my peppers, Vulgar Words Will Be Spoken. Penelope -- "Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart." "ElissaAnn" |
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