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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Beer_Belly on March 01, 2004, 07:30:36

Title: It's snow use
Post by: Beer_Belly on March 01, 2004, 07:30:36

I have NO cabbages  :-[

The snow built up such a layer on my anti-pigeon netting that it snapped and fell onto the cabbages, thus enabling the pigeons to eat them all. They're decimated.

Also it looks like a hundred rabbits have visited my allotment whilst the snow has been lying there.

The last of my boerecole has been stripped bare as well.

Ah well - now my polt is clear and ready for new planting.
-B_B-

Title: Re:It's snow use
Post by: Mrs Ava on March 01, 2004, 13:17:56

Oh no BB!    :-[  Flaming wildlife and nature!  Sure does interfere with our growing things huh!   :-\

Title: Re:It's snow use
Post by: Muddy_Boots on March 02, 2004, 14:39:42

Sorry didn't respond earlier.  May all your pigeons find new country and all your rabbits choose better burrows!

Cabbages and kings, maybe u are stil a prince!  Nothing wrong with that!  Best of luck!  ;D :D ;D

Title: Re:It's snow use
Post by: philcooper on March 06, 2004, 20:31:34

Two things appear wrong here.

1. I thought the idea of pigeon netting was that it had a wide mesh so that it didn't get clogged with snow and hence break under the weight

2. (very pedantic) To decimate comes form the dodgy Roman habit of eliminating 1 tenth of the population (as a form of retribution - now outlawed under the "laws of war") Therefore destroying them all is considerably worse than decimation!!

 ;)

Title: Re:It's snow use
Post by: Beer_Belly on March 08, 2004, 11:07:36

annihilated then ?

and the netting was sold as anti-bird netting not specifically anti-pigeon.

one lives & learns

-B_B-

Title: Re:It's snow use
Post by: budgiebreeder on March 08, 2004, 15:40:26

I bet if you'ed have got hold of the d***ed things you would have eliminated,decimated,anniihilated and just plain strangled 'em wouldn't you BB.?

Title: Re:It's snow use
Post by: philcooper on March 08, 2004, 16:59:55

Now, now chaps calm down, they're all God's creatures!!

My reading is that bird netting is the narrow stuff (20mm diamond mesh) to keep the little ones off the fruit and so on but that will get clogged with snow so the anti-pigeon netting 'cos the little birdies won't harm overwintering crops is 8cm square.