tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248680241040543731.post3152959528314381344..comments2024-03-27T21:43:32.109+00:00Comments on Daisy in the Garden: Onions Sets and WoodpeckersDaisy Debshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08105828820178399476noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248680241040543731.post-48647508338371523192015-09-26T22:49:58.522+01:002015-09-26T22:49:58.522+01:00It is rose sawfly that attacks my roses. I squish...It is rose sawfly that attacks my roses. I squish them, as they would completely defoliate the plant otherwise! I don't harm the squirrels, just try to shoo them away if they are attacking the plants! We have lots of trees round here, and I often find that the squirrels have buried their acorns in my flower pots. I don't mind the bees that cuts holes in my roses to line their nests, as they do not destroy the whole plant. I love insects too!Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248680241040543731.post-2791370468352672222015-09-11T20:45:33.497+01:002015-09-11T20:45:33.497+01:00Yes, I,m so glad you get as much joy from them as ...Yes, I,m so glad you get as much joy from them as I do ! ! I love to watch them pulling the big fat grubs out of our lawn..I think the grubs are the Crane fly larvae . I will dig out a photo I took of this . ..and the Green woodpecker too visits us often and we watch them feeding on ants on the lawn : )<br /> Just love the birds ! : )Daisy Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105828820178399476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248680241040543731.post-42265562755475207072015-09-11T20:38:29.270+01:002015-09-11T20:38:29.270+01:00Oh ! No ! I LOVE SQUIRRELS !!! .....when they do...Oh ! No ! I LOVE SQUIRRELS !!! .....when they do find there way here , I rush to get my camera to take photos of them .....I put extra peanuts out for them too . ..and I love magpies...I live in the country and in harmony with the animals...I put chicken wire around my vegetable beds to stop the rabbits eating my crops.and I also love our badgers and the fox.. Makes me so sad that any one could harm any of our precious English wildlife . The reason the squirrels dont come so often , is because people are cutting down trees that were the corridor for them to travel through ...and the reason our beautiful hedgehog is on the decline is because people dont check the bonfire heaps before lighting them .<br /> There is a beetle that cuts through rose leaves , it may be that which has damaged your roses...although it rarely harms the plant .<br />Now would be the time that I do my rose cuttings ,. Not an expert , I get about one in five of my rose cuttings to root in a large deep flowerpot of compost and sand. Nice long ,unflowered shoots , about 10" to 15" long . rub off the lower leaves and a very tiny little bit of hormone rooting powder ....sometimes none works too ...l leave outside by my back door it is slightly sheltered , but still gets the rain ..these usually root for me by next year .....is how I do it anyway : ) Gives me something to look forward to . Daisy Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08105828820178399476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248680241040543731.post-82840062368952825322015-09-11T11:55:35.963+01:002015-09-11T11:55:35.963+01:00Your woodpeckers are so handsome...and better that...Your woodpeckers are so handsome...and better that you only see squirrels rarely. My rose buds are being eaten again! Interesting observation about the bird with the stone and hitting the metal pole, isn't nature wonderful.Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248680241040543731.post-47538782473055717272015-09-09T19:19:30.121+01:002015-09-09T19:19:30.121+01:00That took me back to France. Every year we had a f...That took me back to France. Every year we had a family of GSWs on our peanut feeder. Baby, who was as big as his parents, would sit there , beak open waiting to be stuffed full of food, while patient mum and dad flew around collecting. It was magical and we spent so much time gazing!Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.com