Topic: gooseberries disappeared....or were stolen

[vitruvius8]

Yes they make pigeon traps, they are called shotguns! Best thing for them ! ;D

[shirlton]

I do moan about the pigeons but if we killed everything that ate our produce then there would be no wild creatures left. I find its better to protect the crops in our instance (fruit cage) and wire netting and mesh for the other stuff.

[Lishka]

(hiya Shirl, hiya everyone!)

This year all my Invicta goosegogs have been nicked from the garden - same happened 2 years ago. I'd decided that blackbirds were to blame - no leaf drop or twigs broken in the attempt and the local pigeons are big fat b***ards and squirrels really aren't that tidy.

Shame but I've still loads in the freezer from last year's bumper crop. :-\

I only marvel that when I strip the bush the only way I can do it is to cut the branches off, hold them upside down, and carefully crop them - and even then I manage to get one of those vicious thorns in my hands, but they manage to strip the bush complete without even a bit of leaf drop? Amazing.

Still, the upside - so far they've not discovered my redcurrants ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

They do, but you still have to dispose of the pigeons afterwards. It's probably not legal to release them so you'd have to murder them. All my peas and brassicas are netted, and they're keeping off for the moment.

[Emagggie]

Hello Lishka, is this really you? ;D
My goosegogs have suffered the same fate. What a bummer. I was looking forward to a pie.

[Lishka]

Hello Lishka, is this really you? ;D

YEP! Quick check in the mirror and I can definitely say it's me ;)

Hope that with this newly fixed puter & new registration, I'm back 8) Hope all's well with you (cept for the lack of goosegog pies this year).

[Froglegs]

One or two have the same happen including me on our site >:(

[antsinmipants]

I net them and always pick before they ripen. They are better under ripe for jam

[lillian]

If I net the I find holes in the netting and the berries gone, so I hide them with enviromesh which seems to work ::)