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Post by madonplants on Feb 4, 2008 14:05:28 GMT 1
Hope this is not a daft question, but yesterday I spent some of the day clearing some of the garden of some small allium bulbs coming up. Quite a few 'somes' there!! ;D Anyway, the garden stank and normally when I go digging, the robin comes as well as the blackbirds, to see if there were any worms about, but this time the garden was devoid of any birds.
So as the thread name, does the smell of onions put birds off. Having never grown onions, I don't know the answer!
I know why the previous owner had so many, due to the roses he had, but I want rid of every single one.
Keith
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Post by emseypop on Feb 4, 2008 14:33:26 GMT 1
I don't think they 'hate' them Keith, they seem to enjoys tugging at the onion sets at the lottie. I think they are after the shoots more than the bulbs tho  I think the fact that we have no really large trees or shrubs and two cats puts the birds off our garden. |
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 4, 2008 14:35:05 GMT 1
Hope this is not a daft question, but yesterday I spent some of the day clearing some of the garden of some small allium bulbs coming up. Quite a few 'somes' there!! ;D Anyway, the garden stank and normally when I go digging, the robin comes as well as the blackbirds, to see if there were any worms about, but this time the garden was devoid of any birds. So as the thread name, does the smell of onions put birds off. Having never grown onions, I don't know the answer! I know why the previous owner had so many, due to the roses he had, but I want rid of every single one. Keith Birds have a reputation for tugging on the ends of recently planted onion sets, leaving them scattered on the soil. Birds come and go Keith. Last week you said you had loads. The week ebfore you thought it was devoid again. I suggest you go with the flow and accept that your birds sometimes have a fife outside of your garden. Maybe a thrush in another street was holding a birthday party? |
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Post by madonplants on Feb 4, 2008 14:42:30 GMT 1
Hope this is not a daft question, but yesterday I spent some of the day clearing some of the garden of some small allium bulbs coming up. Quite a few 'somes' there!! ;D Anyway, the garden stank and normally when I go digging, the robin comes as well as the blackbirds, to see if there were any worms about, but this time the garden was devoid of any birds. So as the thread name, does the smell of onions put birds off. Having never grown onions, I don't know the answer! I know why the previous owner had so many, due to the roses he had, but I want rid of every single one. Keith Birds have a reputation for tugging on the ends of recently planted onion sets, leaving them scattered on the soil. Birds come and go Keith. Last week you said you had loads. The week ebfore you thought it was devoid again. I suggest you go with the flow and accept that your birds sometimes have a fife outside of your garden. Maybe a thrush in another street was holding a birthday party? Maybe I should except things, just can't help reminiscing about that garden I grew up in! Ems, we have cats occasionally come into the garden, but Souki gets rid of them very quickly! The more birds you get into the garden the more each one acts as a sentry for predators! That childhood home, we had a cat and it didn't seem to affect things that much, maybe we were lucky! Keith |
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 4, 2008 14:45:06 GMT 1
Birds have a reputation for tugging on the ends of recently planted onion sets, leaving them scattered on the soil. Birds come and go Keith. Last week you said you had loads. The week ebfore you thought it was devoid again. I suggest you go with the flow and accept that your birds sometimes have a fife outside of your garden. Maybe a thrush in another street was holding a birthday party? Maybe I should except things, just can't help reminiscing about that garden I grew up in! Keith That was a very very very long time ago Keith. Birds have 'evolved' since then!!! |
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Post by madonplants on Feb 4, 2008 14:46:26 GMT 1
Maybe I should except things, just can't help reminiscing about that garden I grew up in! Keith That was a very very very long time ago Keith. Birds have 'evolved' since then!!! Cheek, it was only 25/30 years ago!  Keith |
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 4, 2008 14:48:15 GMT 1
Maybe I should except things, just can't help reminiscing about that garden I grew up in! Keith That was a very very very long time ago Keith. Birds have 'evolved' since then!!! Do you remember those Great Auks and Dodos you used to love to feed on the lawn? Well, they are now both extinct!!!! |
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Post by madonplants on Feb 4, 2008 14:56:05 GMT 1
That was a very very very long time ago Keith. Birds have 'evolved' since then!!! Do you remember those Great Auks and Dodos you used to love to feed on the lawn? Well, they are now both extinct!!!! I won't make any comment!! ;D Keith |
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 4, 2008 21:42:33 GMT 1
Goats hate onions. Does that help? |
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Post by maggyd on Feb 16, 2008 22:43:33 GMT 1
And Ive only recently found out that onions are toxic for dogs!! aparently they destroy red blood cells in canines, I found it on a poisons for pets website.  |
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 21, 2008 17:07:08 GMT 1
And Ive only recently found out that onions are toxic for dogs!! aparently they destroy red blood cells in canines, I found it on a poisons for pets website. I read in the paper the other day that the whole onion family is bad for dogs Maggy. It's true. Mr Onion throws sticks and stones at them. Mrs Onion swears at them! And the onion kids pull their tails!!! |
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 21, 2008 17:29:12 GMT 1
;D
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Post by debbiem on Feb 21, 2008 20:09:53 GMT 1
Chickens aren't keen on them, if that's any help. ;D
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