Re: The silence here is deafening

From: Mary Fisher (mary.fisher_at_zetnet.co.uk)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:56:34 +0100

"Jay" <j_green156@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1092649808.53371.0@dyke.uk.clara.net...
>
> "nuele" <fowls@nuele-online.de> wrote in message
> news:1gikzr4.1i4t6vp1rj6n9cN%fowls@nuele-online.de...
> > Bird! <zbird@nospamuk2.net> wrote:
> >
> snipped
> >
> > > Next trick is to keep them out of the vegetable garden! I'm not
having
> much
> > > luck with it because of the cats and chickens and a native swamp bird.
> >
> > Chickens and garden? One of the two have to be caged, or you can forget
> > about it. That's what I did... oh, no, not true: I have two hanging
> > baskets, they flower nicely! My garden substitute.
> >
> How far do you find hens wander from their house? My new birds are going
to
> be loose much of the time but I'm a little worried about parts of the
> garden. There should be lots to occupy them near the house but I wondered
> what people's experience is.
>
Spouse made netting hurdles to cage the vegetables. It works. When the plots
are fallow the hurdles are removed and the hens scratch and <ahem> manure
the plots, raising their fertility. I have great vegetables, it does take a
little more work but not enough to complain about.

Mary

> Regards
> Jay
>
>

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