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Runner beans and moles
Just had a quick check of my runner beans and found a couple of mole hills
in among the canes. May be a really dumb question but would a mole eat runner bean roots? TIA Roger |
In article , "Roger Hembury" writes: | | Just had a quick check of my runner beans and found a couple of mole hills | in among the canes. | | May be a really dumb question but would a mole eat runner bean roots? No. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
On Fri, 6 May 2005 15:57:44 +0000 (UTC), "Roger Hembury"
wrote: Just had a quick check of my runner beans and found a couple of mole hills in among the canes. May be a really dumb question but would a mole eat runner bean roots? No, but what it might do is burrow around the roots and leave them dangling in mid air. This isn't a big problem once the beans are established, but right now it could knock them back a bit. I had the exact same problem last year and found that pushing a hand into the soil around the roots every now and again ensures the roots maintain contact with the soil. I had as fine a crop of beans as I've ever had. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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from "Roger Hembury" contains these words: Just had a quick check of my runner beans and found a couple of mole hills in among the canes. May be a really dumb question but would a mole eat runner bean roots? No, but watering them, especially if you've dug in compost, attracts worms, and worms attract moles. When i had the smallholding, even though I'd buried ˝" netting to a depth of 2˝ feet round my greenhouse, they still burrowed under so they could undermine my tomatoes.. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
In a small village, just outside Warminster in Wiltshire.
Has been a bit cold in the evenings of late but so far no frost, but I am keeping everything crossed just in case. Update on the mole - I stood on the mole hills and flattened them down and so far there aren't any more molehills. With a bit of luck he has gone. I might have a slightly bigger problem now though - rabbits. We have had some in the front garden a couple of times and I got the dogs to chase them away so hopefully they will get the message and not come back. Anybody else have a problem with the local wildlife? The only visitor I didn't mind was the Sparrowhawk that decided to have a pidgeon for lunch on our front lawn, as I had never seen one that close before. It sat there having a munch for about half and hour which gave me plenty of camcorder footage. Roger "Steve Harris" wrote in message ... In article , (Janet Baraclough) wrote: It's very early in the year to have your runner beans planted out. They aren't frost hardy. Depends where he is. Last frost date here is generally reckoned to be 1st May. Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/ |
"Roger Hembury" wrote in message ... In a small village, just outside Warminster in Wiltshire. Has been a bit cold in the evenings of late but so far no frost, but I am keeping everything crossed just in case. Update on the mole - I stood on the mole hills and flattened them down and so far there aren't any more molehills. With a bit of luck he has gone. He hasn't. You don't get that lucky. I might have a slightly bigger problem now though - rabbits. We have had some in the front garden a couple of times and I got the dogs to chase them away so hopefully they will get the message and not come back. They will. Anybody else have a problem with the local wildlife? Does anybody not have a problem with wildlife? Our allotment has moles, rabbits, mice, pigeons inhabiting the tree belt separating the allotments from the golf course. In our first year we had a row that went turnip, molehill, turnip, molehill, turnip molehill, turnip, molehill with a turnip on top. Last year the cucumber plant in the greenhouse border was pushed up out of the soil by moley. I replaced it, and this happened several times, the plant gave up the ghost. This year I've made a wire mesh cylinder to plant it in. The rabbits are not too much of a problem although I think it's them who are nibbling the tops off the onions. The cats which live adjoining the allotment help in keeping them down the other end of the site, so I don't mind the cats too much, not like at home. They also kill some of the mice. We know this because they leave the corpses outside the shed for the wife to find. I think they enjoy the screaming. The wood pigeons totally decimate the brassicas if they are not netted. "if you don't net 'em, you don't get 'em" And of course the usual attention from slugs snails caterpillars etc. Wouldn't be gardening without them really would it? Steve http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/steveandmaggiesplot |
"Roger Hembury" wrote in message ... In a small village, just outside Warminster in Wiltshire. Has been a bit cold in the evenings of late but so far no frost, but I am keeping everything crossed just in case. Update on the mole - I stood on the mole hills and flattened them down and so far there aren't any more molehills. With a bit of luck he has gone. Trap the mole, skin it and make a pair of gloves for the wife. I might have a slightly bigger problem now though - rabbits. We have had some in the front garden a couple of times and I got the dogs to chase them away so hopefully they will get the message and not come back. Aren't you lucky? As above but make a meal of it to go with the runner beans. Anybody else have a problem with the local wildlife? The only visitor I didn't mind was the Sparrowhawk that decided to have a pidgeon for lunch on our front lawn, as I had never seen one that close before. It sat there having a munch for about half and hour which gave me plenty of camcorder footage. Take the pigeon off the Sparrowhawk and casserole it. Excellent eating. -- Regards, Alan Preserve wildlife - pickle a SQUIRREL to reply. |
Alan Gabriel wrote:
"Roger Hembury" wrote [...] Anybody else have a problem with the local wildlife? The only visitor I didn't mind was the Sparrowhawk that decided to have a pidgeon for lunch on our front lawn, as I had never seen one that close before. It sat there having a munch for about half and hour which gave me plenty of camcorder footage. Take the pigeon off the Sparrowhawk and casserole it. Excellent eating. Still more OT: Heartbreak department. Every trip to London I have to ignore perfectly good pheasants by the roadside because of following traffic. But this week I had to pass up the realisation of a fantasy cherished for a lifetime: only one car behind me, clear road, and on the verge an immaculately unmangled deer. But I'm now in a flat, with absolutely nowhere to do the necessary. I hope you feel my pain. -- Mike. |
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from "shazzbat" contains these words: The wood pigeons totally decimate the brassicas if they are not netted. "if you don't net 'em, you don't get 'em" pedant You can't *TOTALLY* decimate anything: you either decimate it, or you don't. (Decimate means kill one in ten.) /pedant And of course the usual attention from slugs snails caterpillars etc. Wouldn't be gardening without them really would it? Mmmmm! Mollusc and caterpillar paté! -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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from "Alan Gabriel" contains these words: Update on the mole - I stood on the mole hills and flattened them down and so far there aren't any more molehills. With a bit of luck he has gone. Trap the mole, skin it and make a pair of gloves for the wife. Wife must have rather small hands... I might have a slightly bigger problem now though - rabbits. We have had some in the front garden a couple of times and I got the dogs to chase them away so hopefully they will get the message and not come back. Aren't you lucky? As above but make a meal of it to go with the runner beans. I can go along with that - just as long as the wife doesn't mind her gloves constantly moulting. Anybody else have a problem with the local wildlife? The only visitor I didn't mind was the Sparrowhawk that decided to have a pidgeon for lunch on our front lawn, as I had never seen one that close before. It sat there having a munch for about half and hour which gave me plenty of camcorder footage. Take the pigeon off the Sparrowhawk and casserole it. Excellent eating. The trouble with pigeons is that the descend on the farmers' fields and tuck into the seed he's just sown, and that's usually dressed with pesticides and fungicides, and that is absorbed into the pigeon's flesh. Too many pigeons can be bad news for the nosher of casseroles. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
The message from "Alan Gabriel" contains these words: [...] Trap the mole, skin it and make a pair of gloves for the wife. Wife must have rather small hands... [...] I'm not intending to be unkind here, but one of my wives was gobsmacked when she first saw a mole: she'd been under the impression that they were bigger than cats. -- Mike. |
Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message from "Alan Gabriel" contains these words: [...] Trap the mole, skin it and make a pair of gloves for the wife. Wife must have rather small hands... I'm not intending to be unkind here, but one of my wives was gobsmacked when she first saw a mole: she'd been under the impression that they were bigger than cats. I'm not intending to be nosey here, but how many wives have you got? None at the moment, as far as I remember. But I'm sometimes rather absent-minded, so I suppose I'd better check...hmm, no sign of razor-abuse, books all over the dining-table (and not one of them about miracle diets), pile of washing-up in sink: if this is where I live, I'm definitely living alone. -- Mike. -- Mike. |
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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: Still more OT: Heartbreak department. Every trip to London I have to ignore perfectly good pheasants by the roadside because of following traffic. But this week I had to pass up the realisation of a fantasy cherished for a lifetime: only one car behind me, clear road, and on the verge an immaculately unmangled deer. But I'm now in a flat, with absolutely nowhere to do the necessary. I hope you feel my pain. Indeed. As someone who found a doe roe in just such condition with slight head injuries, and happened to have a roll of bin-liners in the boot and three acres and a stable yard to take it back to, my heart bleeds - for you. However, a word of warning: it is illegal to pick up even dead game unless you have the permission of the landowner and you have a game licence. You are permitted to (say) despatch an injured pheasant, though you must leave it there. But only if there are witnesses, usually dressed in jackets and kneebreeches... -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message k... The message from "Alan Gabriel" contains these words: Update on the mole - I stood on the mole hills and flattened them down and so far there aren't any more molehills. With a bit of luck he has gone. Trap the mole, skin it and make a pair of gloves for the wife. Wife must have rather small hands... Always choose a wife with small hands. It makes your d*ck look bigger. I might have a slightly bigger problem now though - rabbits. We have had some in the front garden a couple of times and I got the dogs to chase them away so hopefully they will get the message and not come back. Aren't you lucky? As above but make a meal of it to go with the runner beans. I can go along with that - just as long as the wife doesn't mind her gloves constantly moulting. Agreed. First wife had a rabbit skin fur coat, back in the '60's. It moulted all over the place. Anybody else have a problem with the local wildlife? The only visitor I didn't mind was the Sparrowhawk that decided to have a pidgeon for lunch on our front lawn, as I had never seen one that close before. It sat there having a munch for about half and hour which gave me plenty of camcorder footage. Take the pigeon off the Sparrowhawk and casserole it. Excellent eating. The trouble with pigeons is that the descend on the farmers' fields and tuck into the seed he's just sown, and that's usually dressed with pesticides and fungicides, and that is absorbed into the pigeon's flesh. Too many pigeons can be bad news for the nosher of casseroles. Does it remain in the flesh? Do they make safer eating later in the year? -- Regards, Alan Preserve wildlife - pickle a SQUIRREL to reply. |
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