My sister and her husband came down from Columbia to do some pruning work here at GOC Central. Day 1 was brutal!
I spent most of the day weeding on my berm and digging up blackberry plants. Farking birds eat blackberries and then shit the seeds out. Bam! Up sprouts a blackberry plant. It's my own damn fault for not addressing the problem last summer. Maybe I oughta just shoot the freaking birds.
I spent the rest of the day helping my sister bag the prunings. We filled up 13 bags today. I'm beat. I'm taking them out to dinner tonight. This is all I'm writing today. Gotta rest up for Day 2.
Posted by denny at March 20, 2005 06:29 PMDon't shoot the birds. That makes noise. Ask at any farm store, there's a pigeon poison (4-amino pyridine) that overloads their nervous system, and they spasm themselves to death. Alternately, crush up a pile of Alka-Seltzers, and let the birds eat them. They'll fly off, only to explode in flight. Whee, pigeon chunks falling from above!
Yes, I'm wicked. What else is new?
Posted by: Jeannette on March 20, 2005 09:46 PMOne word: DR FIeld and Brush Mower.
Ok thats 5 words but it will kill those blackberry bushes and anything else that gets in the way. See http://www.alternatevoice.com/ for a review. Might be an excuse to come down for a visit. :-)
Posted by: Jesse Brown on March 21, 2005 06:10 AMI believe the Alka-Seltzer idea is an old wives tail I have the same problem in my garden all you can do is cut them off and dig up the root or shoot the birds... look on the bright side at least they're not Shitting out mulberrys they're far worse you cant kill them ... not to mention those lovly purple shit stains
Posted by: livewire on March 21, 2005 10:12 AMJesse - Unfortunately, the blackberries are amongst trees and plants that I don't want to lose.
Posted by: denny on March 21, 2005 03:20 PM