Getting buzzards to leave our patio
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Comments (7)Just curious How much space do you have to work with? What will the sun exposure be? Another thread here was just talking about the smaller forms of Japanese maples. I do not have a JM but have read about forms that mature at 8 ft, 6 ft, even 2 ft. I've toyed with the idea myself of incorporating one of the shorter weeping forms in a relatively small bed. For your situationÂImagine a clump of evergreen somethingerothers nearer the lane at the back of your property, then the Jap maple offset and in front of that clump nearer your patio. Back toward the lane again and keeping good spacing do another evergreen, but perhaps something different from the first grouping. I don't have one of the Northern Lights Rhodies yet, and can't remember without looking whether they are evergreen. I know some put on fragrance along with their spring bloom, so one is on my future "wants" list. Spacing again and then back to whatever evergreen you started with. Maybe on the patio side of things you could blend in a few bulbs and perennial favorites along with the JM. Fairly simple, but you'd have a 4 season show with blooms and foliage. There have been discussions here about what creates a sense of enclosure. You might even do a search of this forum for "enclosure" or "privacy". One of the things that I found to be helpful, is that a screen doesn't have to be thick, solid, or tall to create a sense of "my space". Also, some folks point out that thick screening works both ways. Hides the lane, traffic, etc. but may also screen the intruder lurking in the bushes you were so kind to provide. Hope my ramble helps you think. Wellspring...See MoreDo buzzards migrate?
Comments (20)Usually in our Governors Club neighborhood in Chapel Hill the Turkey Vultures sit at least hundreds of feet above the community on the power towers that run through the core of the neighborhood. Only coming down in 2's or 3's to fight over a dead squirrel in the street. However, this morning I was unpleasantly surprised to see fifty or sixty had gathered around my property circling and settling on my roof and trees. They are so large when they passed a window it would go dark. I had assumed all morning they were hawks. I was then horrified to find hundreds of them later in the day (about 5:00 PM est) all over my roof and trees as well as my next door neighbors roof and trees. Hoping a deer had died attracting them (and not my neighbors) I went to check in her. Unfortunately no one was home. I called the Property Management Office to come find out what had died (and fix it), but apparently after 5 on a Friday they have no interest in Vulture infestations. Walkers and joggers had been stopping at the end of our steep cliff like driveway with worried looks on their faces probably thinking the same thing I was, had some mass murder happened up here?? What could possibly require the attraction of this many Turkey Vultures?? As soon as the sunset they finally stopped increasing in number and started disappearing. I'm hoping it was a migration and not something very large and dead nearby. Thank you for all the posts. I feel slightly better they cannot fly at night or someone said. Knowing they have limitations makes me feel a little better. I tried to attach several pics of them all, but I was only allowed one pic upload....See MoreGetting worms to leave the tray with the best castings
Comments (12)I think Ron's got the right idea, esp if your VC is really wet. 2 points. There has to be a lot of light on the top tray, and the babies take a lot longer to move than the adults. If you've got LOTS of babies, you may only be able to scrape off a thin layer of compost each time you take some. Fluff it up every once in a while to encourage drying and allow the noxious sunlight to get a little lower down in to the tray and hurry the worms along. One woman did this and put her 'finished' tray on top of a working tray. The next morning, she had more worms than ever in her 'finished' tray. The worms had moved up. To avoid that, have the tray just below the finished tray have only bedding and food, no (or few) worms. It needs to be a place the worms are willing to go to, but not have lots of worms that will also want to come back up. As the amount of VC on the top gets thinner and thinner, the worms won't have much choice but to go down. You'll never get all of the babies out. The only way I know of to get most of them out is let the finished, 'worm free' VC to sit for a month or three. This allows the cocoons to hatch (is that the right word?) and the babies to grow to a size that's more reasonable to pick out without having any adults laying more cocoons in the mean time. Then you can either try the light method again or put a slice of melon rind on the top of the VC, wait until they congregate there, and scoop of that portion of VC with the worms. They need to be big enough to be able to move effectively. Just don't wait so long that they become sexually mature and start depositing more cocoons. According to the experts, it can take 30-75 days for the babies to emerge from the cocoons and 53-76 days for the worms to become sexually mature after they emerge. Many of your cocoons will take a lot less than the 30 days to hatch as they were deposited a while ago....See MoreShould we enclose our patio for an additional room?
Comments (39)Thank you, everyone. It's such a modest amount of space, but it really makes a difference to have my own little area. And as a former California girl, I really treasure the light in that room, particularly in winter. shades_of_idaho -- we did have our old, scary futon in here for a while, but I banished it to the basement after I found a sofa bed that would fit. We tried to get rid of it a few years ago by putting it out on the front sidewalk (usually a surefire method), and no one took it! A free futon! In a college town! And no takers! desertsteph -- I told myself I would relearn crewel embroidery after the room was finished, but I still haven't gotten around to it. My grandmother taught me many years ago, and I have several half-completed projects. As for the fans in my room, they're made in a little shop about an hour north of me in Illinois. I negotiated a discount by buying two and driving out to the workroom to pick them up. I love their unique look. yogastef -- You're right, it does bring in nature. Makes it more peaceful. I sometimes think it was an incredible folly to spend so much on a sliver of a room, but your comments make me feel better about it, and I really do love it....See More- 11 years agolast modified: 11 years ago
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