Little
feathered swine. Since our cat passed on around 2008 we have a lot more birds
in the yard & we love that. We enjoy watching them & we feed them all
year. I tell them "howdy" when I come out in the mornings & they
don't even seem frightened. Why then, must the blackbirds ravage my new planted
seeds & sprouts? Okay - because that's their nature, of course, & it
looks like a lot more fun to freak out birdbrain style & toss the dirt all
around than to politely peck at what's in the feeding bottle or on the ground.
Talk about down & dirty - they almost burrow into the boxes & patches,
even pull up my baby spinach. Spinach! Blackbirds! I never knew they had those
appetites.
The long
& short of it is, the seedlings need shelter. I always shop second hand, so
off I went. Had to go 3 places before I found a great big lace curtain for 30
Dkr. or about $5. I am sure that's a lot cheaper than anything they would sell
off a roll in a garden center or hardware store. I cut off big strips & covered
2 beds plus 2 flowerboxes. There is still plenty left. It looks appealingly
tacky - big lace flowers among the real flowers - & it does the job.
So there it
is again. SHOP SECOND HAND & do our
earth a favor. It saves money & I suspect I am the only gardener on my
street with a lace curtain doing bird duty. Silly - absolutely - but it IS kind
of fun to be the one with the good ideas, not? Especially at this age. Creativity
counts, besides which, I have never grown my own spinach before. No blackbird
is going to spoil that!
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