Re: The silence here is deafening

From: Bird! (zbird_at_nospamuk2.net)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 22:46:36 +1200

"Jill" <news@REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Bird! wrote:
> > "Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:4120dde3$0$22309$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.net...
> >>
> >> "Bird!" <zbird@nospamuk2.net> wrote in message
> >> news:NS0Uc.13850$N77.581291@news.xtra.co.nz...
> >>>
> >> ...
> >>
> >>> I think they settle themselves in the pittosporum hedge.
> >>
> >> The WHAT???
> >>
> >> Mary
> >>>
> >>> Zayle.
> >
> > Gawd, now you've got me.... I'm not sure if it's a native or not but
> > there are many many different types.
>
> nice little shrub - quite common over here now in garden centres
> Popular in seaside gardens
> http://www.nzbloom.com/pittosporum.htm
>
> --
> regards
> Jill Bowis

Thanks for posting that, I don't find Google all that user friendly, I don't
have the patience for technology.

Our hedge is looking rather odd at present. We have yet to get a ladder and
the top of the hedge is evidence of this need. The hedge trimmer was
purchased some time ago but without a ladder I can only reach up so far. The
rest is sort of growing over.. it's not too bad yet and I'm hoping I can get
at it before it's too late and the whole lot falls over.

The girls spend quite a lot of time under it taking dust baths. While I was
constructing the run, I had to dig post holes fairly close to the root
system of the hedge and about an inch or two down I started digging up fat
grey cocoon like grubs. The girls think these are a real treat so I guess
they're bathing and snacking at the same time.
They've made some huge bowls in the ground. I had to put wire netting around
the base of the little lemon tree and the tangerine tree so they don't
scratch the roots up.

Once I get the top trimmed the whole hedge should thicken and provide more
shelter.
I don't know how those chooks do it but on a couple of occasions I've had to
try and wriggle a chook out from between thick gatherings of twigs, where it
has decided to roost for the night. They really wedge themselves in.

Zayle

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