tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post4836451289752362787..comments2024-02-10T18:50:01.193+10:00Comments on Gully Grove: Brush with fateChris http://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-85142526068636966732017-09-28T15:45:55.529+10:002017-09-28T15:45:55.529+10:00Sorry about the late reply. Our kangaroos have dev...Sorry about the late reply. Our kangaroos have developed a taste for sweet potato vines too. Thankfully, not the beets!Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-5021257961084688012017-09-11T11:36:42.543+10:002017-09-11T11:36:42.543+10:00Oh dear. My escapee chickens are bad about destroy...Oh dear. My escapee chickens are bad about destroying things! I should have gotten some winter pasture planted several weeks ago, but first we need to clip wings and path the chicken yard fence! I haven't had any problems with deer this past summer, but they done a "good" job of eating all my beets and sweet potato vines for several years running. Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-26598500999728877732017-09-05T20:21:39.141+10:002017-09-05T20:21:39.141+10:00I haven't seen the echidnas for a while. I ima...I haven't seen the echidnas for a while. I imagine your puppies are quite the explorers in the garden. ;)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-15594742317932254842017-09-05T20:20:12.753+10:002017-09-05T20:20:12.753+10:00So very true. :)So very true. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-52447350658710311652017-09-01T20:10:01.444+10:002017-09-01T20:10:01.444+10:00King Parrots, unidentified beetles currently; hare...King Parrots, unidentified beetles currently; hares, roos and wallabies have been a wee bit of a problem in the past. Crazy puppies seem to only harass the ornamental gardens so far. I have had what I think is echidnas move edging out of the way.Sherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16322236537807536688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-63110698847238611612017-09-01T09:25:44.182+10:002017-09-01T09:25:44.182+10:00Sadly "Wind in the Willows " is not real...Sadly "Wind in the Willows " is not reality lol .... but a very good story anyway MargaretPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990336317308988689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-57940008776459205282017-08-31T21:34:37.276+10:002017-08-31T21:34:37.276+10:00Subterranean assassins. That's a new one for u...Subterranean assassins. That's a new one for us. I've heard plenty of US and UK gardeners frustrated with the appearance of moles though. Mostly taking root vegetables, stealthy, from underground. So they wait patiently for crops to mature, then find upon harvesting, the moles swiped everything. That would be frustrating!! Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-12629426799137418042017-08-31T21:28:40.881+10:002017-08-31T21:28:40.881+10:00Yes, we get the kangaroos as well. They strip our ...Yes, we get the kangaroos as well. They strip our pigeon pea trees, when there's not a lot of grass to eat. They also eat the tips of the sweet potato. But they don't really eat much else. Thankfully. But they can leave an impression on a garden, that's for sure.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-37155335971961837912017-08-31T21:26:32.916+10:002017-08-31T21:26:32.916+10:00Ha, you made me laugh. David reckons if we worked ...Ha, you made me laugh. David reckons if we worked as a pack, we could out flank the turkeys, to catch them by hand. Like rabbits though, they do a zig-zag, random pattern while running away. Very hard to catch, even if you could keep up! I like how you put everything up on boxes, so the rabbits can't get to them. My brush turkeys can fly though. Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-46963305272247039812017-08-31T21:23:07.451+10:002017-08-31T21:23:07.451+10:00Possums are another critter you cannot grow stuff ...Possums are another critter you cannot grow stuff around, without a physical barrier. I wonder if they're clever enough, to crawl under a large cloth? At least, brush turkeys don't have opposable thumbs. So my cloth protection, should keep them out. I hope!Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-19908624891294670342017-08-31T21:20:28.158+10:002017-08-31T21:20:28.158+10:00Gamey, I reckon. There's not a lot of fat on t...Gamey, I reckon. There's not a lot of fat on them. But I haven't tried.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-51927915284941105052017-08-31T21:18:29.615+10:002017-08-31T21:18:29.615+10:00At least you can lock them up, lol. Naughty chooks...At least you can lock them up, lol. Naughty chooks. ;)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-88752051672131114102017-08-31T21:17:08.503+10:002017-08-31T21:17:08.503+10:00Gosh it's hard sometimes, to live with native ...Gosh it's hard sometimes, to live with native critters, but doubly so with bandicoots, because they're so cute! I thought I had bandicoots once, but then we saw a bush rat on our back verandah one night, eating beetles. It could have been both. Either way, I've accidentally collapsed a few holes, by walking on them. Which isn't fun either.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-23245596269050370522017-08-31T19:02:25.324+10:002017-08-31T19:02:25.324+10:00Something like a mole used to eat my lavender root...Something like a mole used to eat my lavender roots from underground but nature eventually takes care of them....thank you eagles, owls and hawks! I think everything else is safe because we are surrounded by corn fields and that keeps animals satisfied. LindaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03624659670781181099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-26818664321935463902017-08-31T15:26:23.531+10:002017-08-31T15:26:23.531+10:00Seems like we all have similar yet different probl...Seems like we all have similar yet different problems. Ours are kangaroos that come from the bush at the back of our property and either squash/jump on everything, use the young trees as a backscratch and break limbs off, nibble it back to the roots, leave nice black pebbles on our white paths right up to the house.....Life in the country I guess! Helen from Toowoombahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787766008642520280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-48350773869400305072017-08-30T12:34:04.155+10:002017-08-30T12:34:04.155+10:00Welcome to the decimated garden club. My brush tur...Welcome to the decimated garden club. My brush turkeys are furry, have long ears and they hop. Cages, wire and more wire. It could be rabbit stew, but they run faster than I do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-63835361283791304002017-08-30T09:23:46.684+10:002017-08-30T09:23:46.684+10:00Possums here in town, eat the Rainbow chard, coria...Possums here in town, eat the Rainbow chard, coriander and especially Parsley. ..right down to the soil. <br />Is there any grey water that you could make a damp patch for the turkeys away from your plants. MargaretPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990336317308988689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-4888881202736104612017-08-29T20:21:10.397+10:002017-08-29T20:21:10.397+10:00I wonder what Brush Turkeys taste like?I wonder what Brush Turkeys taste like?Phil Poggeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10528068263542083696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-58096825992851811812017-08-29T20:02:55.751+10:002017-08-29T20:02:55.751+10:00We don't have brush turkeys just chooks which ...We don't have brush turkeys just chooks which have now been locked up after decimating some of the gardens. Mo more free ranging for them.Nanna Chelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500527266771727074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-71071981893303384052017-08-29T19:25:40.553+10:002017-08-29T19:25:40.553+10:00We get the odd brush turkey, Chris, but at the mom...We get the odd brush turkey, Chris, but at the moment it's a pair of bandicoots causing no end of damage. They've "drilled" right around my avocado tree, a rose bush, all through the veg patch and in the front lawn. I think they have a party when we all go to bed! Not sure what I'm going to do about it yet either. MegMeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573371198907761962noreply@blogger.com