Any experience with wild turkeys and gardening?
docmom_gw
12 years ago
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HELP! Wild Turkey explosion!
Comments (11)rhizo_1- Makes sense to post in the wildlife forum... sorry about the categorization! I was so infuriated at the time I posted this that I had a hard time getting past using only very nasty words to describe the feathered terrorists; "pest" was the very nicest of them. I contacted my local Fish and Game office and left a message. Hopefully something can be done about the darn birds. Kimmsr- I never knew that! Thanks for the info. I guess I never thought of it, as birds (particularly my chickens) have their favorite foods, but you learn something every day. I guess the garlic slop I made yesterday and spread around won't do much. At least it's a conversation starter, as the smell of garlic is wafting around all the flower beds. The creepy garden tactics will have to wait for the deer to come down from the hills in a few months =) Thanks for the help!...See MoreDoes anyone have suggestions for wild turkeys
Comments (7)Well the eagles and bobcats do not seem to phaze them.I live next to the lake and have had 4 eagles flying around even circling and they do not run.Every thing else does feral cats, squirrels, and little birds disappear instantly. Bobcats live down here and a mountain lion as well but I think they are pretty much nocturnal here and the goofy birds are up roosting in the trees at night.. Cars seem to be their best predator here so far,at least when they get up onto the highway. If the huney was not allergic to dogs I would barrow one to chase them around for a week.Hmm maybe the fake predator could be an option if I moved it around on the roadside in front of the house. We have been hoping that they move back up into the mountains with the snowmelt, Please please please...Before the vege garden gets put in. LOl, after reading the trapping suggestion, called the game warden, no go on that since we are in their natural range and their population is just reaching a healthy level. bah David,, I do not have much of a grasshopper problem, do you think anyone would notice if I shipped a few down there to be spoiled,lol, not to mention for some reason my other half has decided we need to go back to raising chickens so we have a hundred of them coming in a week or so. Thanks for the help, any suggestions are worth checking into. Mary...See Morewild turkeys
Comments (9)Now this is an interesting discussion. I had a very funny wild turkey experience. My neighbours have a pair of domesticated wild turkeys - though when Tom struts, puffs and gobbles, he looks pretty wild. I was sitting on my front porch when the pair came visiting a few days ago. They gobbled around for quite some time, and eventually Tom seemed to become curious. He approached the porch, jumped up onto it, looked me in the eye, gobbled, and jumped right onto my lap! Boy, was I startled. I flung him off and went inside the house. The pair stuck around all afternoon, hanging out by my bonfire pit. The female spent the afternoon rolling around in the ashes, while Tom stood by gobbling. It was a bit startling to have a wild turkey jump on your lap, but it sure was funny....See MoreAny experience with 'Gardens of the Blue Ridge'?
Comments (4)Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm not sure which plants are priced glaringly low (probably due to my lack of experience). The lady slippers are cheaper than some sites but also smaller. (The larger 2 gallon flowering size was priced more in-line with other nurseries.) They told me the smaller pots may not bloom for 2 or 3 years. Is there any way you can tell if a plant is wild collected when you get it? It's also hard to find Showy orchis (Galearis spectabilis) sold by anyone. Garden Watchdog is good, but they only have two responses for this nursery. Nichegardens.com has a very nice site. Thanks Dieter2NC. But they don't carry lady slippers or Showy Orchis. They did have some Trillium which I am also considering. -Helen...See Moregardenweed_z6a
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