Gardening Forum

[jonesfam]

I would accuse the Wabbits!

[bob10]

Just put a black jumper, with a fern leaf on your dog, those Wallabies will move on.

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

I used to use a 3 tine pitchfork a lot around gardens when I was in the trade. I thought I would go online to find out if any are available and what is a rough starting price. I even went to the "B" site and typed in "Pitch fork", Pitchfork, hay fork and just "fork". Nothing came up that was like what I am after.

I wound up finding an idea of a price for one with a fibreglass handle on eBay under "hay fork". It was not really what I was after - at least it had three tines and a long handle.

Gee I thought it would be easy. Now armed with a price I will check out the local produce store in person. You know a more rural mindset! Then I will check out the hardware stores.

I want some distance between some piles of branches that the grass has grown through which I want to move and the local Joe Blakes - the King Browns, the red bellied blacks and such that we get here.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Saitch]

Just put a black jumper, with a fern leaf on your dog, those Wallabies will move on.

The hounds & marsupials don't clash. It's the hares that have shown up recently. Perhaps reducing the cat & fox numbers has come into play?
I do know that hares are not too damaging so better off with them than bloody cats.
Steve

[LandyAndy]

Check at your rural supplier for Pindone baits if you have rabbits/hares.You should be able to make bait stations if you don't want the roos to get it.BEWARE it will kill parrots that eat the grain bait,these parrots and the rabbits will be poisonous to your dogs.
There is a new wild version of Rabbit calisie virus out,its doing wonderful work destroying rabbits in the south west of WA at the moment,much more virulent than the original virus that escaped in South Australia.Its only a matter of time until it gets around the country.
Andrew

[bob10]

Over the last month I've noticed extra damage to some of our smaller planted trees & some vegies. Yesterday arvo I think I located the culprits.
That's a full grown Redneck wallaby behind them. Even the rough, tough, farm dog that was with me turned the other way & pretended not to notice them.
Can't say I blame her really as they're big buggers.
Steve

Thought that the two at the bottom of the photo were hares. I wasn't aware you had them up there. I remember years ago on the property dad managed near Bungunyah, west of Goondiwindi, the rabbits had Myxo. Not even worth shooting, poor devils. But good. Talk about rabbits, when we went on the road west of Ayres rock, near Lassiters cave, there was a rabbit plague. Whoulda thought.

[jonesfam]

We get mobs of Hares or Wabbits (what's the difference?) around Ravenshoe.
I always thought that was odd.

It's funny, there are lots of them up on the main road & in the yards there but a couple of K away where we are (in a rocky valley) you rarely see them?
We have stacks of wallabies, Paddymellons & so on but not the Hares/rabbits.

Jonesfam

[Saitch]

From what I can glean off Google, rabbits are very destructive little ****s, whereas hares are sort of cruisey blokes who don't chomp plants or grasses to the point of non regeneration.
Having said that, I've just ripped out the vegies in an area, removed the fence, rotary hoed the old beds, built up mounds & planted fruit trees. Had to rearrange the irrigation a bit too so, time will tell with the hares.
Also knocked up a few timber beds while I was having a spell.
Steve

[incisor]

figbirds are the blighters knocking off my strawberries and cherry tomatoes

caught them at it today the sods...

[Ranga]

So, when is this thread going to be turned into a sub-forum, so different topics can have their own thread?