Guest guest Posted June 9, 1999 Report Share Posted June 9, 1999 Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. > 1. Netting. We have a neighbor who is a florist and has a garden and > fruit trees. He covers the fruit trees with netting to keep away the > birds. It is woven with big holes in it, something like a fishing net. > Since we live next to the ocean, perhaps it is fish net. Thank you for the advices. But I heard somewhere that the nets can catch the birds and become a trap for them, I would not like to do that unless absolutely unavoidable. We have already a few mulberries, and goseberries too, maybe as the different plants of the garden grow bigger year after year they will protect eachother. Last year was the first year for the strawberries. On the farm I lived some years ago we had line after line of strawberries, so many that we could not even pick them all. We never thought about the birds then. Maybe we are simply supposed to grow more than enough? Our appletree was full of apples two years ago,but last year (and this year too it looks like) the ends of the branches wither and very few apples make it. Does anyone have experiences with appletrees? Your servant Gunamani d.d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 1999 Report Share Posted June 10, 1999 > > But I heard somewhere that the nets can catch the birds and become a trap > for them, I would not like to do that unless absolutely unavoidable. > We have already a few mulberries, and goseberries too, maybe as the > different plants of the garden grow bigger year after year they will protect > eachother. Last year was the first year for the strawberries. Mulberries are supposed to be good as a diversion crop to draw the appetites of birds away from more valuable berries. I have used the netting on blueberries, and one day a large black snake, about 6 foot long, was stuck in it. they are large and scary looking but harmless to humans and good vermin predators. It started through the holesand got stuck going forward, then when it tried to back out, its scales got caught like barbs (does that make sense? they are overlapping so going forward they slid through, but going backwards they got caught). It was quite an experience cutting the netting off. I worked from the tail forward, and by the time I got to the head, if I hadn't felt responsible for his predicament, I would have abandoned the task. I think he was in their for quite some time before I found him, as he seemed weak. Blueberry season had passed, and I hadn't been in the patch for some time. I should have removed the netting immediately , but was not timely, and didn't think it would hurt to leave it on. Even in his weakened state, it was still very touchy cutting the multiple layers of netting from his head, as they were imbedded into the scales from his exertions. I didn't want to hurt him, and did manage to not draw any blood but it was slow going and my natural fear of snakes had my mind giving me all kinds of rationalizations for abandoning the task before it was complleted. It was also complicated by the fact he wasn't percieving me as a savior, and seemed predisposed to strike, which is painful I assumed even without any venom. As for birds, they can only getr stuck if they can get under the edges. In strawberries, the edges should be to the ground all around. In the blueberries, we used clothespins to close openings around the bottom as best as possible, and didn't have too much trouble. The "scary eye" type ballon from japan will deter flock type birds (the many types lumped together as black birds) and that is a lot of your problem, but other types weren't phased by them. Mulberries, "scary eyes", and a little tolerance can replace netting, but netting is the best. Still not reading all the em ails, but strawberries caught my eye. we are eating fresh berries, rhubarb/strawberry chutney, and have even started drying a few. Hare Krsna gosh PS My adult league soccer team just beat the top ranked team in the league 5-3 last Sunday, after losing to them 6-1 in the first go around, so I am happy. All detractors please note - I play soccer and enjoy it. Something else to throw out when attacking me personally (don't say I never did anything for you!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 1999 Report Share Posted June 11, 1999 "COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA)" wrote: > [Text 2390328 from COM] > > Still not reading all the em ails, but strawberries caught my eye. > > we are eating fresh berries, rhubarb/strawberry chutney, and have even > started > drying a few. > > Hare Krsna > gosh > > PS > > My adult league soccer team just beat the top ranked team in the league 5-3 > last > Sunday, after losing to them 6-1 in the first go around, so I am happy. All > detractors please note - I play soccer and enjoy it. Something else to throw > out when attacking me personally (don't say I never did anything for you!). Soccer sounds like a good way to build community relations with non-devotees. I'm sure your team mates know you are a Hare Krsna. Often friendship first and then philosophy is an effective way of preaching. You are just one of their buddies (presumably non-drinking) but then when something goes wrong such as divorce or death or accident, they may turn to you for advice, since they perceive you as some type of "spiritual" person. Unfortunately, I'm not at all athletic. Though I did walk from New York to Maine once -- but that was years ago. Today it's a challenge for me to hike up a moderate-sized mountain. Anyway, congratulations on your championship -- and enhanced preaching opportunities. your servant, Hare Krsna dasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 11, 1999 Report Share Posted June 11, 1999 Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. > As for birds, they can only getr stuck if they can get under the edges. > In strawberries, the edges should be to the ground all around. In the > blueberries, we used clothespins to close openings around the bottom as > best as possible, and didn't have too much trouble. Thank you for the explanation when I finally understood that it wrote clothes-pins and not clothe-spins it became quite logical. > > The "scary eye" type ballon from japan will deter flock type birds (the > many types lumped together as black birds) and that is a lot of your > problem, but other types weren't phased by them. We mainly have blackbirds. That was a good idea, never heard of that before. Thanks for the dramatic story too, gave a nice mental picture of the kindness of a devotee. Your servant Gunamani d.d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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