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Author Topic: Grrrrrr  (Read 3494 times)

manian

  • Joined Sep 2010
Grrrrrr
« on: October 08, 2011, 07:59:42 am »
i think the birds are plotting againt me.......
we have been nurturing the 2....... yes 2 apples on my apple tree this year.
I got home today and saw one by the bench which had peck holes in it. >:( I moaned at hubby for letting the chickens get it and then i noticed we weren't in with them so it must have been one of the wild ones.......(sorry chicks and OH :-*)
I then went to the tree to get the remaining one (for me...... :yum:) and  :o it had peck hole in it as well :(

oh well the  :chook: :chook: :chook: :chook: got them after all

better luck next time

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Grrrrrr
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2011, 08:39:23 am »
Used to happen with us, with cherries so sympathies from us  ;D

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Grrrrrr
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2011, 09:14:33 am »
Same here - we went to pick the crop from my favourite Blenheim Orange apple tree  :yum: :apple: only to find that most fruits were nothing but half a hollow shell with the insides pecked out and even the rescuable ones have peck holes in.  Grrrr indeed  :(
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tizaala

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Dolau, Llandrindod Wells,Powys
Re: Grrrrrr
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2011, 05:36:12 pm »
sounds more like wasps.

Sylvia

  • Joined Aug 2009
Re: Grrrrrr
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2011, 08:56:52 am »
Blackbirds will peck at apples and wasps will move in where they've been pecked. Plastic bags with v. small holes poked in and tied over the fruit will save them next year.

manian

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: Grrrrrr
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2011, 09:05:49 am »
sounds more like wasps.
thnaks for that...... hopefully we will have enough to share some!!!!
Mx

 

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