tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post2094132362001794211..comments2024-03-25T13:56:15.075+00:00Comments on Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments: Scene of mass murderSue Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-86856211057620764862010-04-19T11:27:03.790+00:002010-04-19T11:27:03.790+00:00Hi Carrie
Aphids and caterpillars watch out too as...<b>Hi Carrie</b><br />Aphids and caterpillars watch out too as a pair of bluetits are setting up home in one of our nesting boxes - I also think a robin is nesting in one of our camellias.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-59721262537107141152010-04-19T11:13:48.945+00:002010-04-19T11:13:48.945+00:00great photo of the song thrush - fab wee allies in...great photo of the song thrush - fab wee allies in the garden. Oh I and a hedgehog too and tabpoles - a varitable wildlife haven! xx (except if you happen to be a snail, hahaha)Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475182740888543862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-65272566745349457302010-04-19T09:03:23.545+00:002010-04-19T09:03:23.545+00:00Damo - I love thrushes too and am glad to see them...<b>Damo </b>- I love thrushes too and am glad to see them making something of a revival - they were totally missing from our garden for ages.<br /><br /><b>Tanya</b> - I'm going to do a piece on biodiversity for my website - water is a good draw as is at least one area where the grass is allowed to grow a little longer - a patch on nettles too is good.<br /><br /><b>Nome</b> We do get a few field mice so maybe it is them - I wonder how they get the snails out without smashing the shell?<br /><br /><b>Bilbo</b> I hope so too - we feed them during summer - they live one of the bird foods that we buy for blackbirds etc. We had a small one in autumn that we had to take off to an animal sanctuary as it was too small to survive the winter without help.<br /><br /><b>Jo</b> I suppose because slugs tend to hide undergfround during the day they are less available to thrushes.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-20911703947940494812010-04-19T08:35:40.664+00:002010-04-19T08:35:40.664+00:00When I took on the allotment, I found loads of emp...When I took on the allotment, I found loads of empty and smashed snail shells next to the compost bin. I just wish the same predator would eat the slugs, I'm inundated with them.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-87222273106098266412010-04-19T06:37:31.100+00:002010-04-19T06:37:31.100+00:00What a super snail-murderer. Ours smashes the she...What a super snail-murderer. Ours smashes the shells on some stone steps.<br /><br />We had a hedgehog here last year, not seen any signs yet, hope yours is OK.BilboWagginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06913801147278606148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-12364408282457017292010-04-18T20:53:57.986+00:002010-04-18T20:53:57.986+00:00We have a storage bench on our plot - the seat lif...We have a storage bench on our plot - the seat lifts up and we keep all our tools and stuff inside as we have no shed. Over winter it slowly filled up with empty snail shells and mouse droppings... I wonder if that could be your other predator. Thrushes are far better though - they don't dig things out of your compost or eat your seedlings!Nomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883852903828005065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-10550596614493030802010-04-18T19:54:00.810+00:002010-04-18T19:54:00.810+00:00It's a beautiful picture of the song thrush......It's a beautiful picture of the song thrush...I'm now wondering how I can build a perfect thrush habitat to combat snails...lol!<br /><br />I can't believe you have a hedgehog hibernating in your garden...that's very special...I love the little cr4eatures and have one that uses my garden as it's path for it's usual foraging trail but doesn't hang around too long. <br />I am hoping to think of good ways to attract more wildlife to my own garden and the allotment this year as I love to see them and also they all have their own little jobs to do to help things along...well except for the slugs...eewwww...who ever told them to exist!!!allotments4youhttp://www.allotments4you.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-17292237673008330972010-04-18T19:21:20.833+00:002010-04-18T19:21:20.833+00:00One of my favourite birds with the added bonus tha...One of my favourite birds with the added bonus that it's an avid snail killer!Damohttp://www.twochancesvegplot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com