tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post3110660284023686837..comments2024-03-25T11:19:35.199-04:00Comments on The Small Hold - Will Not Go Down Without a Fight: My House!!!PioneerPreppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-10163945699390279762015-03-24T10:44:20.723-04:002015-03-24T10:44:20.723-04:00Izzy - I have no idea. My son goes out and fights ...Izzy - I have no idea. My son goes out and fights the birds for them about the time they start turning ripe. He loves them and will just go out with a bowl and start grazing. We have Mulberry trees all over the place around here although the good producers did all get cut down a few years back by the powerline guys. My son still complains about that.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-86946438968572596172015-03-24T10:42:42.735-04:002015-03-24T10:42:42.735-04:00TB - They love all kinds of works and bugs but whe...TB - They love all kinds of works and bugs but when the cut worms and tent caterpillars are ont he move in the garden the Bluebirds are all over them.<br /> PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-41396885620231121092015-03-24T10:41:48.843-04:002015-03-24T10:41:48.843-04:00Sandy - We brought back a tiller alright but not s...Sandy - We brought back a tiller alright but not sure it is going to work like we thought it was going to. I will do a post on it if/when I get it to work.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-54134177229778280422015-03-24T10:40:55.581-04:002015-03-24T10:40:55.581-04:00Russ - We used to wrap stove metal around the pole...Russ - We used to wrap stove metal around the poles to keep stuff from climbing up. One year we had a bunch of flying squirrels take over one of the bird houses.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-79903866572020607412015-03-24T10:39:53.929-04:002015-03-24T10:39:53.929-04:00MV - Here it's the Wrens that will take over t...MV - Here it's the Wrens that will take over the Bluebird houses. I have kinda noticed a reduction in the starling numbers of late.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-46350555122906818202015-03-24T10:39:01.764-04:002015-03-24T10:39:01.764-04:00Sf - I use t-posts and line for my Tomato trellis ...Sf - I use t-posts and line for my Tomato trellis so poles are always available for the bird. I also get a group of Quail each year that take up residence in the garden but don't seem to do as much bug control I was expecting. I have had a couple of people tell me chickens are the bomb at bug control. I really need to just get some and find out.<br /><br />The one cat we have Pantheon, the PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-75988789140808428832015-03-24T10:35:07.614-04:002015-03-24T10:35:07.614-04:00DFW - I only fill up the feeders during the Winter...DFW - I only fill up the feeders during the Winter months here. Usually it's just Cardinals and Wrens. Don't see as many Bluejays as we used to. Once the Redwinged Blackbirds show back up I know Spring is in full effect though. <br /><br />I am so paranoid about fire. I think anyone with a big old wooden barn is and the wind can shift and pick up speed here so fast open fires make me PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-84268635876956337512015-03-24T10:31:44.271-04:002015-03-24T10:31:44.271-04:00Texan - They are relentless bug killers in the gar...Texan - They are relentless bug killers in the garden. I will sit out there and watch em constantly flitting down grabbing an insect and taking it back to their house to feed the kids. Bluebirds are the state bird here in Missouri and we have always seemed to have a lot of them but the wrens will often run them out of their nesting boxes.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-60957852830828894912015-03-24T10:29:16.516-04:002015-03-24T10:29:16.516-04:00John - I used to be more of a dog person than a ca...John - I used to be more of a dog person than a cat person but the cats just keep showing up and honestly in a few cases I kinda have to admire their intelligence and tenacity. When they know they need to worm their way into your heart they are relentless. Once they figure they are safe, well not so much. Then again my last cat was such a charmer I couldn't resist her feminine wiles she PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-55998142451191578972015-03-24T07:18:13.531-04:002015-03-24T07:18:13.531-04:00the Moose wants to know how many mulberries you ge...the Moose wants to know how many mulberries you get from THAT tree! Izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07750628123685151713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-20245299964786271762015-03-24T06:20:32.109-04:002015-03-24T06:20:32.109-04:00Bluebirds have always seemed to be a pleasant look...Bluebirds have always seemed to be a pleasant looking bird to me but alas, down here we do not have them. Had no idea about their love of cutworms - wish we had them down here all the more.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-90370198286021626552015-03-24T00:08:39.490-04:002015-03-24T00:08:39.490-04:00PP,
I hope you brought back a tiller. Ours hubby...PP,<br /><br />I hope you brought back a tiller. Ours hubby is working on, for some unknown reason it doesn't want to stay running.<br /><br />Love those blue birds, we don't see this bird down our way.Sandy Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183449816586125720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-91570511802916970842015-03-23T21:14:00.156-04:002015-03-23T21:14:00.156-04:00Snakes were getting into some of the bird boxes an...Snakes were getting into some of the bird boxes and eating eggs, so with the newest box I switched to electrical conduit - which I am not usually in short supply of. Rigid conduit (GRC or IMC) works best.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-66723910892419300982015-03-23T20:15:48.147-04:002015-03-23T20:15:48.147-04:00The starlings are making it hard for the blue bird...The starlings are making it hard for the blue birds around here. <br />I have always been close to paranoid about fires around the homestead.MuddyValleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561027881611420247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-19006245553320346702015-03-23T16:33:40.947-04:002015-03-23T16:33:40.947-04:00I like to put up poles in the garden when I don...I like to put up poles in the garden when I don't have a bunch of bean trellis in place as the birds will perch and hunt bugs better that way. I am even trying to plan ahead to where I plant things that the chickens won't destroy in one area and allow the chickens in to that fenced area of the garden to do bug and grass patrol. Of course that gets tricky depending on the chickens. Blue Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-43923660865985155412015-03-23T12:59:04.772-04:002015-03-23T12:59:04.772-04:00We have feeders here in the city but no bird house...We have feeders here in the city but no bird houses. The bluejays that visit the feeder are big bullies to the finches & cardinals. We're scairdy cats when it comes to burning outside unless it's in a barrel. However, I have several cousins who are absolute pyromaniacs.DFWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345712839702427280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-36867528733294310552015-03-23T12:08:39.954-04:002015-03-23T12:08:39.954-04:00We are suppose to have a lot of bluebirds here, th...We are suppose to have a lot of bluebirds here, they have bluebird festivals and the little town 9 miles from us claims to be the bluebird capital LOL, but we can't say we see a lot of them, maybe we just need to put up some houses for them.. Did not know they were so good at cutworm hunting! Think I will put some by the gardens. Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-36797973852929642212015-03-23T11:18:21.555-04:002015-03-23T11:18:21.555-04:00Cats always some more trouble than they are worth ...Cats always some more trouble than they are worth it seems to me. Give me a dog anytime PP<br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845113520987402425noreply@blogger.com