True that. I'd like to try broccoli again next season (they too were hammered by critters big and small), and try netting them. I have capsicums that have just shrivelled under the stress of the heat and grasshoppers chomping at them often, so they are going to be harder to manage given they...
I have 6 apple trees, 4 orange, 1 mandarin, 3 nectarine/plum, 2 lemon and 1 peach tree, and apart from the mandarin and orange trees, all need protecting from birds, possums, fruit fly and worms.
I can't think of a solution that will take care of all of these pesky pests, but I've found that...
Well it's been a while, but I have been busy with work/family and have had little time to myself these days. But from the previous discussion, there has been little improvement in my garden bed despite having an offending possum caught and let go far away to prevent a repeat on the eating of all...
Saw this some time ago also. Not something that is self-evident, so well worth informing the general population about. The middle-man in any transaction is not the guy we should support.
G’day Kate and welcome here. You’ve done well to follow Mark’s tips to grow these veggies. Most of us here struggle with having to keep them growing and keep pests away. Hope you enjoy the forum.
Yep. Buy it cheap, buy it twice (or thrice). And solar technology is okay but the lights and batteries used for these kinds of items are just quickly disposable. I’ve gone away from just about all of the solar powered things other than a laser light and the grid panels. Quality is just too poor.
I've just gone and pitched up a few star pickets and netted the area in the hope that the buggers don't get under/around/through it for the rest of the pumpkins growing in there. It'll stop bees unfortunately from pollinating the remaining flowers but I don't have a strong mesh to pitch up to...
It'll be either possums or hares, as they are both seen to be around, leaving their droppings on the grass a lot, digging up small holes in the grassed areas as well. Fencing sounds great, but will make the backyard a bit of an eye sore for the missus. I'll have to think about that one. No...
Welcome Annabelle. The warmer weather tends to be good for a wider variety of fruits and vegetables. Hope you've stayed cool this summer. We should have a good late autumn and winter for plants this year around...
I can't seem to win. I grow some great stuff in the soil I'm on, but everything gets eaten before I can get to it. The capsicums, eaten until there's just the seeds left.
The pumpkins, eaten, almost whole.
Even the leaves on my stone fruit trees are getting chomped.
I cannot tell what would have...
Cool, you have ambitious goals that are certainly achievable and admirable. It all starts small, and as you grow into it you'll get more and more confidence in getting the results in a larger scale.
Wow, the avian version of a guard dog, only fluffier. Great info, these birds are plentiful in Africa, and they do breed them for alternatives to chickens for food. I suppose their traits make them less attractive in the urban/small acreage setting.