Old Man Winter will not go away
Julia WV (6b)
4 years ago
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
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WANTED: Calladium - Old Man Winter Got Em'
Comments (1)I have a few callidum bulbs! i have two types! the pink with green leaves and the green with fire reddish in the middle! what do you have for trade:]...See MoreOld Man Winter Moving in for yet another KILL
Comments (4)That is definitely a dirty dirty trick, and I would be feeling exactly the same way. We are supposed to get hit with it too, but it won't do us any real harm, since our gardens are still under snow. We will still complain about it though. Sorry, Annie. TM...See MoreOld Man Winter Not Nice-Please Help!!
Comments (6)I have the same problem after the massive snow we got a couple weeks ago. I don't know when the split occurred - sometime between Feb 6 and yesterday when i uncovered the tree. There was a large split right at the crown (?) of the tree and one of the three primary branches was splitting off too. See pictures before and after my 'repair'. I used cotton rope (might be sash cord), and wound it VERY tightly. The split at the top is pulled nearly completely together, but as you can see from the pics, there's still a little 'crack' showing. I don't think I can pull it together any tighter. Do you think what i've done is good or do I need to adjust, use different materials, or try a different method? Thanks for any advice you can give. -Chris Here is a link that might be useful: split maple and repair...See MoreBlue Jay Go Away
Comments (10)Hello All, I am new, but I will do what I usually do and jump in with both feet! I am happy that you are a peaceful man, hope that this helps. I don't know of a blue jay repellant, but I can offer some information for you in addition to that already provided by the others. I also came up with a couple of alternative bird you could dislike instead of the jay. One alternative is the Europian Starling, introduced by man, and began to spread over the whole country. They compete aggressively with native birds for nesting. Birds are in enough trouble from of loss of habitat from mankind. (you can prevent them from taking up residence in your birdhouses by making the entrance 1 1/2 " or less so they can't get inside the joint.) The Cowbird is another alternative to bluejay loathing. It sneaks into other bird's nests and lays it's eggs, making the other bird do all the work. The field guide called it parisitizing and the cowbird affects about 144 species altogether and some are threatened with extinction altogether. The cowbird is only doing what it has always done, only we changed the playing field and the combination is lethal. Back to the BlueJay. The jays fly around in courtship flocks in the spring follow the leader style and give a variety of calls. (acording to Stokes Field Guide these flocks are made up of several males and leading the way one female. When they land the males start bobbing raising their whole body up and down, while giving the "toolool" call. Good News, they are quiet during breeding. They also dive bomb hawks giving jay calls. I don't know if a "scarehawk" would work, it would scare off the other birds too and you don't want that. One more thing you could try, is to lure the jay to another area of your yard. The jay eats acorns, nuts, fruit, and it comes to feeders for sunflower seed and cracked corn. You could put sunflower seed (black oil I think) and cracked corn on a feeder away from your window. That might work. Good luck to you, I hope I wasn't too long winded for you all. Happy Birding! Bitsy In the end, I would say the best thing to do is to get some earplugs and find some common ground. You could even learn to not despise the jay....See More
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
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