Last year i had a few of the smallish plastic plant pots left after I
planted various things. Reluctant to throw them away I had the bright
idea to dot them around deep inside the hedges at an angle and see if
the birds can make use of them. Well I am pleased to report blackbird
and robin has made use of them already. Looks like three big chicks in
blackbird nest. So I'm guessing they approve of an excellent recycling
measure

On May 6, 5:11*pm, Pendrag0n wrote:
Last year i had a few of the smallish plastic plant pots left after I
planted various things. Reluctant to throw them away I had the bright
idea to dot them around deep inside the hedges at an angle and see if
the birds can make use of them. Well I am pleased to report blackbird
and robin has made use of them already. Looks like three big chicks in
blackbird nest. So I'm guessing they approve of an excellent recycling
measure

Also make a great place for Snails to overwinter.

On Fri, 6 May 2011 11:17:52 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote:

On May 6, 5:11*pm, Pendrag0n wrote:
Last year i had a few of the smallish plastic plant pots left after I
planted various things. Reluctant to throw them away I had the bright
idea to dot them around deep inside the hedges at an angle and see if
the birds can make use of them. Well I am pleased to report blackbird
and robin has made use of them already. Looks like three big chicks in
blackbird nest. So I'm guessing they approve of an excellent recycling
measure

Also make a great place for Snails to overwinter.

Actually that may be a good snail reduction idea. I'll try it next
winter and see if I can "trap" and dispose of any quantity of them.

"Jake" Nospam@invalid wrote in message
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On Fri, 6 May 2011 11:17:52 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote:

On May 6, 5:11 pm, Pendrag0n wrote:
Last year i had a few of the smallish plastic plant pots left after I
planted various things. Reluctant to throw them away I had the bright
idea to dot them around deep inside the hedges at an angle and see if
the birds can make use of them. Well I am pleased to report blackbird
and robin has made use of them already. Looks like three big chicks in
blackbird nest. So I'm guessing they approve of an excellent recycling
measure

Also make a great place for Snails to overwinter.

Actually that may be a good snail reduction idea. I'll try it next
winter and see if I can "trap" and dispose of any quantity of them.

Put them in a bucket and pour boiling water on them. When they are quite
dead, (pretty quick), empty them out onto the lawn or paving slabs etc for
the Thrushes and Frogs etc. You will end up with lots of empty shells

Mike


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On 06/05/2011 22:36, 'Mike' wrote:
"Jake"Nospam@invalid wrote in message
...
On Fri, 6 May 2011 11:17:52 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote:

On May 6, 5:11 pm, wrote:
Last year i had a few of the smallish plastic plant pots left after I
planted various things. Reluctant to throw them away I had the bright
idea to dot them around deep inside the hedges at an angle and see if
the birds can make use of them. Well I am pleased to report blackbird
and robin has made use of them already. Looks like three big chicks in
blackbird nest. So I'm guessing they approve of an excellent recycling
measure

Also make a great place for Snails to overwinter.

Actually that may be a good snail reduction idea. I'll try it next
winter and see if I can "trap" and dispose of any quantity of them.

Put them in a bucket and pour boiling water on them. When they are quite
dead, (pretty quick), empty them out onto the lawn or paving slabs etc for
the Thrushes and Frogs etc. You will end up with lots of empty shells


Alternatively sell them to the French! They've got the wretched things
in the freezer section of the supermarkets here. Bizarrely you can also
buy bags of empty shells too off the supermarket shelves. Don't know who
buys them and what for?


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On Fri, 06 May 2011 23:05:06 +0200, David in Normandy
wrote:
[...]

Alternatively sell them to the French! They've got the wretched things
in the freezer section of the supermarkets here. Bizarrely you can also
buy bags of empty shells too off the supermarket shelves. Don't know who
buys them and what for?

IME, the empty shells are for when you serve tinned snails, which are,
of course, naked.

I still don't know if I'm prepared to laugh at a quip one of my
children brought home from school..."What did the slug say to the
snail?" "Ovt Vffhr, fve?"

I''m happier with "What did the snail say when on the back of a
tortoise?" "Lrr-unu!"

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On 06/05/2011 17:11, Pendrag0n wrote:
Last year i had a few of the smallish plastic plant pots left after I
planted various things. Reluctant to throw them away I had the bright
idea to dot them around deep inside the hedges at an angle and see if
the birds can make use of them. Well I am pleased to report blackbird
and robin has made use of them already. Looks like three big chicks in
blackbird nest. So I'm guessing they approve of an excellent recycling
measure




Sounds like a great idea! Good for you.
I keep heaps of spares (all sizes) to double or triple the layer of pots
around plants-in-waiting during the winter months. It seems to help.

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

On Sat, 7 May 2011 Janet wrote:

The cat hating woman who used to live next door but one, covered the
whole of her small front garden with inverted plant pots. She inserted
a sharpended bamboo cane in each plant pot hole.

Some distant memory of translating Caesar's Gallic Wars, no doubt.

Or perhaps reading about Vlad the Impaler!

David

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