In my country, once in a while , is a counting of birds, butterflies, bees, life in common in our environment , mapping the diversity and numbers. This weekend we are counting garden birds. They are declining every single year, sparrows, blue tits, blackbirds ect. Looking at my neighbourhood, it's almost logical. No green gardens, only grey concrete tiles. And to color it a bit, plastic grass. Our garden is a thorn in the side of many direct neighbours. But we have hedgehogs, birds, insects, and also stray cats who find a shelter and cat food in our garden too. Change starts with ourselves. Some pic's from my 50 m² small garden... Hope you like it!
I even do some gardening on my two big balconies and we get lots of birds, squirrels, and sometimes, unfortunately, even mice who climb to the sixth floor... And we have bird counting hour, too.
Mice are real opportunists! But climbing tot the sixth floor.... Wow, comparing to humans, we had to climb hundreds of metres to get a little food.... Mice might be annoying, but we can't say they lack courage!
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Yeah, and I only got rid of them when I took them to a place 2 or 3 kilometres away. If you take them to a nearby park they'll find their way back! We thought we had lots of mice, but in the end there were only two who stayed away once we brought them far enough away! They're cute little things and if I could be certain they'd stay outside I might let them stay.
The problem with mice is their, let's say; reproduction. One couple can give to 60 babies a year. And those babies are already be able to get babies at 6 weeks! But we have animal-friendly traps and remove them to a small dog park near our house... Lots of grass, shrubs ect to hide..Killing is no option for me, prefer to let nature do that 'job'... !
Marigolds! good to know, I discovered that strong tasting herbs like thyme, rosemary, peppermint, lemon balm and lemongrass were left for what they are! Apparently no food for snails, but they didn't keep the snails for eating all the others....Tried everything, coffee grounds, crushed eggshells, black pepper... Think they LOL at us, those little bastards!😆
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in reply to Petra • •Ohwww, yes! All the members of the crows are so much fun. Jackdaws, magpies, ravens, jays... Think these are the birds who will survive the longest...
So: i love them too!
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