Pigeons.........

Happyman42

....F****rs

Hal Emmerich

Why?

I see a few of them flying about this year, prrrrr or coo oooo*, cool sound they make.




*however you spell it.

Happyman42

Was away for a few days, came back garden decimated! About 40 cabbage, broccoli cauliflower plants destroyed by two of them.
Gun aqquired, two pigeons won't be going home tonight, lessons learn't by 3 of us

Dizzyblonde

My brussels sprouts plants were disappearing fast and I could figure out why - there were no caterpillars or slugs around them. Then one day I saw a big fat pigeon feasting on them - b****rds!

Corsendonk

Happyman42 wrote: »

Was away for a few days, came back garden decimated! About 40 cabbage, broccoli cauliflower plants destroyed by two of them.
Gun aqquired, two pigeons won't be going home tonight, lessons learn't by 3 of us

Yeah they love the brassica family. Best trick is the shotgun. You can put up a scarecrow or use something like a cable between poles that will generate a noise with the slightest wind but nothing beats the gun except if you have a bird of prey in the area.

I had a problem with pigeons in my glasshouse eating my tomatoes awhile back. They were dining so well they wouldn't leave but then a hawk got in. Pigeon feathers were floating around two days afterwards. I believe pigeon is pretty tasty and yours have dined well.:D

wait4me

Don't know if the neighbours, each side and behind, would appreciate the sound of gunfire :eek::eek: never mind the holes created by the slugs

tricky D

Get a bird of prey decoy. Something like...



almost as good as the real ting which does this...

Sonnenblumen

^^^^Hope he never lands on the roof, big enough to crush it!:D

Kumsheen

Flying Rats:D

GapingHeadwound

Happyman42 wrote: »

Gun aqquired, two pigeons won't be going home tonight, lessons learn't by 3 of us

If the measure of a species is how it treats lesser ones, we fail.

Eat what you kill, people. It's a simple moral code.

If you have a vegetable garden, do know that it's trivial to keep birds out with sticks and netting. People have been doing that for *millenia*.

Hal Emmerich

I use a plastic bag with a hole in the bottom (so it doesn't get weighed down by water) tied to a stick.

Simples.

Nonmonotonic

You shouldn't put a hole in the bag, it takes longer for them to smother!