handy hint maybe
16 years 7 months ago #42125 by Ghilly 
I wonder if it works on chickens! Those ratbag tarts got our nectarines this year. Granted, 'tis a small tree, but they pinched what there was..... they could have had some help from the dogs as well! I tell you, we have pick pockets and thieves on this property.
Last year we had two peaches on the tree. Kim said "Oh good, one for you, one for me". The wind blew one off and Kim said "oooh look, the wind has blown YOUR peach off!" Ha! yeah? We were sitting on the deck a week or two later when we both noticed the chooks getting down to business on something.... Awww what a shame! it was Kims peach.
I stole it back and cut off where they'd been pecking and we shared two small bits each.
Our trees are only very young, less than three years old but the peach and nectarine trees have been producing small amounts and the plum tree had some fruit but the bees and birds got to them.
Those nasty 'christmas beetles' have been getting at my raspberries along with ants. The ants go between two berries and ruin them.
Actually, I find that any damage to any fruit usually attracts the ants and before you even know the fruit is ripe it's been got at by the sneaky beasties.
The pickpockets mentioned are the goats. They dehead any rose that happens to get within reach. Earwigs are another big hassle. I hate them. They seem to congregate en masse is some places. I even found an albino earwig. It reminded me of that rat on 'A Dogs' tale/tail' Footrot flats movie. Nasty looking thing.
We're all done with fruit on trees for the season. The apple tress are too small to produce anything yet. The lemon and tangelo are fruiting up for the winter though. Still a few frazzled raspberries trying to ripen. Tumnus and Song were in luck today when a big stem broke off while I was mowing. They love raspberry plants.
Yakut
Replied by Ghilly on topic handy hint maybe
I wonder if it works on chickens! Those ratbag tarts got our nectarines this year. Granted, 'tis a small tree, but they pinched what there was..... they could have had some help from the dogs as well! I tell you, we have pick pockets and thieves on this property.Last year we had two peaches on the tree. Kim said "Oh good, one for you, one for me". The wind blew one off and Kim said "oooh look, the wind has blown YOUR peach off!" Ha! yeah? We were sitting on the deck a week or two later when we both noticed the chooks getting down to business on something.... Awww what a shame! it was Kims peach.
I stole it back and cut off where they'd been pecking and we shared two small bits each.
Our trees are only very young, less than three years old but the peach and nectarine trees have been producing small amounts and the plum tree had some fruit but the bees and birds got to them.
Those nasty 'christmas beetles' have been getting at my raspberries along with ants. The ants go between two berries and ruin them.
Actually, I find that any damage to any fruit usually attracts the ants and before you even know the fruit is ripe it's been got at by the sneaky beasties.
The pickpockets mentioned are the goats. They dehead any rose that happens to get within reach. Earwigs are another big hassle. I hate them. They seem to congregate en masse is some places. I even found an albino earwig. It reminded me of that rat on 'A Dogs' tale/tail' Footrot flats movie. Nasty looking thing.
We're all done with fruit on trees for the season. The apple tress are too small to produce anything yet. The lemon and tangelo are fruiting up for the winter though. Still a few frazzled raspberries trying to ripen. Tumnus and Song were in luck today when a big stem broke off while I was mowing. They love raspberry plants.
Yakut
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