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Post by Biggles on Apr 18, 2008 20:27:05 GMT
I must apologise to all Cat lovers in advance before my garden whinge----
A lovely Black/White Cat (not mine) who loves to 'scrat' among my plants and do its Poo---even though I have placed Rose pruning sticks around the plants.
I have a bucket of water handy but it is too quick for me.
I only wish it would go on its owner's garden not mine.
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 18, 2008 20:47:09 GMT
They mostly go on other peoples,not there own
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Post by Amo on Apr 18, 2008 20:48:20 GMT
A bucket is too clumsy Biggs, try a water pistol!! ;D
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Post by Biggles on Apr 18, 2008 20:58:05 GMT
I will buy a water Pistol at the weekend--
Thank you for the 'tip' --- BTW--I have the owner's permission to use water-- and a few 'choice words'
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2008 21:01:09 GMT
dear biggles, so sorry for cat poo etc. why noy try pepper or mulch, if not geta puppy  , i'm sure we could dream up some scary devices. to be continued....... ;D |
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Post by Biggles on Apr 18, 2008 21:11:59 GMT
Hello SS--
We are not allowed to have pets in these Apartments-(Posh word for Flats!!) but somehow this lady seems to have managed to get away with it.-She 'rescued it from a Cat Sanctuary.
My Flat on the bottom floor and hers is about 5 Flats along on the Top Floor--and she does not have a garden!
My garden is only very small and is about the only one being cultivated--so it must be very enticeing for it.
I will try Pepper --maybe when the Plants start to grow a bit it wont be so bothersome-- Fingers Crossed--
Any other ideas?
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 19, 2008 8:02:39 GMT
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Post by Biggles on Apr 19, 2008 8:51:21 GMT
RF--Thanks for that Link--I will have to try it--Bigs
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Post by andy on Apr 19, 2008 9:36:45 GMT
A bucket is too clumsy Biggs, try a water pistol!! ;D Or an air pistol  |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 19, 2008 9:47:30 GMT
Uh Oh Andy.
Don't go anywhere near those posting on the cats thread for a while ;D
The Tigers in our garden are hunting.
We have one lady Blackbird who fought back though.
She now misses her tail but the cat won't be chasing blackbirds for quite a while ;D
Cats love bare soil. Get as many ground cover as you can Biggs and they won't bother you anymore. Works for me.
That and cocktail sticks half dug in when there is bare soil.
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Post by Biggles on Apr 19, 2008 13:06:27 GMT
Thanks Dutchy--
Yes you are right--
I think it is because I have so much bare soil at the moment it is mainly where I have planted bulbs (which haven't grown through yet) and ground ready for planting out.
I have stuck some cocktail sticks in so hopefully it will get the meassage to "Keep Off"
Pepper and Jeys Fluid (diluted) might help too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2008 0:28:32 GMT
what is the purpose of snails?
i understand that in china they are developing anti-ageing cream.
maybe we should have smear a slug weekend.
in the food chain, what is they're purpose?any answers?thoughts? or suggestions
like i've proposed before,
you need garlic and parsley.
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 26, 2008 5:20:11 GMT
Some people eat them  |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 26, 2008 7:22:30 GMT
yuk.....not that I have anything against that but it's just the thought  |
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Post by Shrubrose on Apr 26, 2008 8:45:38 GMT
I have tried them with parsley and garlic, a la SS, and they were gorgeous |
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Post by Weeterrier on Apr 26, 2008 22:26:45 GMT
Really? I imagine that they would bounce a bit on the teeth, which puts me off.
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Post by Tig on Apr 26, 2008 22:36:40 GMT
The very idea  , and same goes for frogs legs!!! x Tig
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Post by Shrubrose on Apr 27, 2008 5:52:44 GMT
Really? I imagine that they would bounce a bit on the teeth, which puts me off. Dont recollect them being 'bouncy' Wee ;D |
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Post by farmersboy on Apr 27, 2008 7:38:25 GMT
Really? I imagine that they would bounce a bit on the teeth, which puts me off. Dont recollect them being 'bouncy' Wee ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Shrubrose on Apr 27, 2008 10:29:19 GMT
Fb, behave! ;D |
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Post by nightowl on Apr 27, 2008 12:10:59 GMT
Really? I imagine that they would bounce a bit on the teeth, which puts me off. They're only a slug with a shell on, aren't they? Could not bring myself to put one in my mouth! |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 27, 2008 12:13:06 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 27, 2008 12:59:29 GMT
I have to say I've eaten them lots of times when I lived in London but not since I've returned to london and have slugs and snails in my garden ;D
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Post by andy on Apr 27, 2008 14:17:11 GMT
Right....i'm going to have a whinge based on the agapanthus thread in this section. I was bought up in gardening before the invasion of all these millions of hybrids and different colour morphs. As a result, if i go looking for an agapanthus, i want a blue one...not white. Agapanthus should be blue....why would anyone want a white one. Bluebells are the same....why would anyone want a white or pink BLUEbell.....THEY SHOULD BE BLUE !!! Daffodills are another prime example....like the swallow, i considder them to be the "harbingers of spring" and they should be yellow....not pink, not white but bloody yellow And don't get me started on bedding plants...pink Allysum, red lobelia, yellow geraniums and nicotianas grown small at the expense of their scent....Nicotianas are supposed to be lovely and tall with glorious evening perfume...not 12" bonsai'd stumps which smell like potatoes. I just needed to get that off my chest  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 27, 2008 14:27:19 GMT
Must admit that I am laughing - we were at my favourite GC/Nursery on Friday and a woman came in and wanted one of the new yellow flowering Pelargoniums.
As we are friends of the owners we always wait if a customer wants something so we wandered off knowing that he would catch up with us. He did - fuming. Basically the equivalent of what you have just said - Geraniums are called Pelargoniums and they are not yellow but shades of red and pink and white but NEVER yellow.
We had quite a conversation about it and he says that it drives him mad these days trying to keep up with the fashion of some people wanting and breeding plants to be something that they weren't meant to be.
So you are not alone Andy....
RF
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Post by andy on Apr 27, 2008 14:38:33 GMT
Another classic Sue is the pink delphinium.....delphiniums are blue or white NOT PINK !!! Surely there's something else that should be pink that can be planted instead.  |
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Post by Tig on Apr 27, 2008 22:24:14 GMT
Just for your information Andy, I didn't plant my 'pink' bluebells (still sounds so wrong!!) They just arrived  x Tig |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2008 6:42:10 GMT
Andy, I with you on this, why cant things be left alone and just appreciated for what they are!!!!!!
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 28, 2008 7:56:55 GMT
Just for your information Andy, I didn't plant my 'pink' bluebells (still sounds so wrong!!) They just arrived x Tig Well, to be fair, we did sort of see what happens to Bluebells and they can turn pink apparently. gardenworld.proboards103.com/index.cgi?board=borders&action=display&thread=4577&page=2#149609I think that a lot of the problems are the gardening mags to be honest, plus non-gardeners who very often don't know what they are buying and just see a plant in the colour that they like and that is it. In my gardening mag this month they a couple of pages on the new Hibiscus varieties...well I do like the plants actually and a beautiful white one would go a long way to making me feel happy but not these. I think they are gaudy - but they will be bought ....and I suppose that is what it is all about - making money.   RF |
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Post by andy on Apr 28, 2008 15:27:51 GMT
Now because Hibiscus have a wide range of colours from yellow to orange to white to pink to red, i don't actually mind those above...indeed the first picture is breathtaking I think i need to go and have a lie down in a dark corner  |
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, i'm sure we could dream up some scary devices.
, and same goes for frogs legs!!!
