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Birds - friend or foe?
"Tim Tyler" wrote in message ... I have a salad vegetable and herb garden. I'm wondering if I should: * Attract birds - so they eat the slugs, snails and other nasties that prey on my veggies; ...or... * Repell birds - so they don't eat my seedlings and spread bird shit all over my produce. Thanks in advance for any replies - and apologies in advance if this is a FAQ. -- __________ |im |yler http://timtyler.org/ Remove lock to reply. Blue tits and the like feed their young on loverly caterpillars - invite them in, I say. Chris S |
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Birds - friend or foe?
In article , Tim Tyler writes
I have a salad vegetable and herb garden. I'm wondering if I should: * Attract birds - so they eat the slugs, snails and other nasties that prey on my veggies; Very few birds eat slugs - about the only garden bird is a starling. A few more eat snails but they won't make a great impact on numbers. -- Jane Ransom in Lancaster. I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg but if you need to email me for any other reason, put ransoms at jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see |
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Birds - friend or foe?
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from Tim Tyler contains these words: I have a salad vegetable and herb garden. I'm wondering if I should: * Attract birds - yes ...or... * Repel birds - no. Janet |
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Birds - friend or foe?
"Chris Stewart" wrote in message ... "Tim Tyler" wrote in message ... I have a salad vegetable and herb garden. I'm wondering if I should: * Attract birds - so they eat the slugs, snails and other nasties that prey on my veggies; ...or... * Repell birds - so they don't eat my seedlings and spread bird shit all over my produce. Thanks in advance for any replies - and apologies in advance if this is a FAQ. -- Hi Tim, Despite gardening for years last year was my first time with a veggie plot and I was concerned about the same thing, I read on this very group a wonderful tip, put a bird feeder *inside* your veggie plot, which I duely did with wonderful results, the tits used to come to it and whilst waiting in the 'que' used to eat any goodies they came accross in the veg plot. The only troublesome birdies were the pidgeons, but a little netting put them in their place, they would have come anyway, the feeder was too small for them. One piece of advise I would give you though, use only peanuts, the bird seed tends to plant itself and grow better than any seed you would tend with loving care! Definately invite them in. Shannie |
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