When I moved to this house, the lack of ventilation gave rise to wave after wave of pest infections and my whole collection died. I dabbled in growing vegetables but the flocks of birds plucked away every seedling I raised at the 4-leaf stage. I hung out fake snakes and huge balloons with eyes to scare away the birds. I strung shiny CDs to keep them away. Nothing worked. My tender vegetable shoots disappeared down their birdie gullets.
I asked Little Boy to shoot them dead for my stew pot. He refused, saying that it was cruel. Let me ask you. What is the use of learning to shoot a gun if you don't even deign to help your Mom shoot some birds for dinner? Anyway, that will be my next project. I shall devise a pigeon trap to catch pigeons for pigeon soup. There is a family of mynahs too. Do mynahs taste good?
In my own small way, I shall practise farmsteading even as there is a supermarket a 3 minute walk away. Why waste those delicious birds that come around to eat my vegetables eh? Perhaps, if I eat a few of them, they will leave my vegetables alone.
Anyway, I think I have found a solution to protect my shoots, even without Smelly Boy shooting any birds. I wrapped the trellises in plastic. If the birdies get in there, hopefully they cannot get out. That will be extra protein for bone broth!
See! You eat my veggies. I eat you.
Oh dear me!What will my readers think of me now?!
6 comments:
I hate pest too! This method looks creative! ;)
Dr Pet
This post is seriously funny =p
Ok ok put a scarecrow?!
Hee! I should kapok one of those SPF standees of the policeman pointing at people to stop them from shoplifting!
Dr Pet
Irony again lah - standee is to remind people NOT to shoplift =p
Just dress up some kind of scarecrow - it may ignite the birds' base instincts...they may just leave your plants alone =)
But but but... I trying to catch them birds leh...
Dr Pet
Aware come after you then you know =p
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