Thread: What's in your garden?

One of M'Sahib's cacti starting to flower.

Originally Posted by Looper

Thanks to the mini-Mendip for the update.

There was a storm a couple of nights ago in Korat and the pigeon chicks on the balcony apparently got a bit wet and bedraggled. In a rare act of compassion the wife put them in a cardboard box with some straw and they dried out nicely. The parents are still visiting to deliver regurgitated food.

It looks as though one will be white, like the mum and the other grey, like the dad.

^

Originally Posted by Mendip

It looks as though one will be white, like the mum and the other grey, like the dad.

i think they'll end up as snack with the addition of krapow

^ I don't know... my wife eats a lot of very questionable stuff but I've never known her to eat one of our pigeons yet.

Yogi and Maya, on the other hand...

A piece of what looks like a kind of bamboo that we have in our garden, that M'Sahib took the small, 4" battery chain saw that I got her to yesterday. Made light work of the job cutting it up for disposal. The pieces are surprisingly heavy, and the wood quite dense like hard wood.

Originally Posted by PAG

One of M'Sahib's cacti starting to flower.

Compliments to your good lady's fragrant white bloomers PAG

My own little succulents are blossoming at the mo

Thanksgiving cactus

Has 1 sexy little red stamen thrusting amidst a jostle of white also-rans

Our pigeon chicks continue to thrive.

They're probably not the cutest of chicks and they're making a hell of a mess, but they've got a safe home.

So long as Reg Dingle doesn't turn up with his new catapult.

They've blocked that drain hole up nicely.

Make for nice grilling -
On the gamey side.

^FO Jeff

The Whistling Ducks are back. They made their appearance yesterday and whatshername was able to get a shot this morning. We expect at least another 20 will follow.

I checked back through the photos and saw the pigeon chicks hatched on 1st May, so they're coming up for four weeks old. I hope they fledge soon so that I can clean up the balcony. Well, the gardener can, anyway.

Today... the ugly ducklings are turning into swans...

two days after I posted the picture in my last post here, there were 36 ducks (not all pictured). They must share the news

These two are the spitting image of their parents; one white and one grey. They'll be one month old on Wednesday which is coincidentally also my daughter's 11th Birthday.



They're becoming quite mobile and are coming up to the most dangerous part of their short lives... Yogi and Maya have caught and eaten many of our young pigeons on their maiden flights.



And if they survive that, there are also unscrupulous people out there who will try and kill them with a slingshot.

Nice job Mendy...I think.

I have to say when we arrived back here from the states, I had 3 bird nests going in 2 windows and one on the ledge walking up our stairs to the house. There was bird shit everywhere. They all had eggs. I removed all the nests, tossed the eggs in the field and scrubbed up all the bird shit. Its just flat nasty and unhealthy. The bird shit draws flies and cockroaches. I am a firm believer that we have ample trees for them to nest in. No need to pollute my house.

While I admire that you let those pigeons go the distance the bird shit and smell must be nasty and now you will have those flying carp around your place forever. This why they call pigeons "Homing" birds" .

Yeah, it is a mess but ten minutes will make that balcony spotless again.

The daughter's enjoyed watching the chicks grow and to be honest I've found it pretty interesting to see how both parents have been incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks. But it won't happen again on the balcony.

Originally Posted by Mendip

Yeah, it is a mess but ten minutes will make that balcony spotless again.

Cheers mate. I get it. I just cant do it. Those 2 will nest again at your house. Better get out your slingshot as they will be back. Pigeons are the worst and carry the most diseases.

These flying rats are a menace and I would kill every one of the filthy vermin if I had a chance and the time.

My biggest worry is not the shit everywhere but if Bruno kills and eats one he will get sick due to the diseases they carry.

M'Sahib received some potting medium on Saturday, so has been busy potting up some of the cacti she's grown from seed.

That’s quite the collection of cactus impressive. Will she sell them or are they all for personal use.

I made up a temporary fence for our dog while our building project is going and these small frogs moved right in. There are already two.

I already had the frog in my shoe trick

Originally Posted by naptownmike

That’s quite the collection of cactus impressive. Will she sell them or are they all for personal use.

A small part of her 'collection'. Don't know the eventual plan, whilst not given names to each and every one (yet), they fall within the 'my babies' category. I will nudge her towards getting a stall at one of the occasional garden fairs that are held here, now that they are likely to be held again.

Two or three years now in this raised bed garden. Imo it's perfect, if I had to go back to ground level garden I would probably stop gardening. The ledge around the top, you can sit there and do alot. You can't do that using just landscape blocks because landscape blocks are not comfy on your ass. The size is perfect, you very seldom need to step in so no soil compaction. The soil stays fluffy, when you add a bag of cow shit it stays in there insted of leaching out into the surrounding soil. Almost no weeds, and fewer insects than ground level. When a crop is finished flip the soil and its beautiful, rake it out and plant again.
I've been experimenting with the black cloth and it is something you need year around here in Thailand. A wood frame will never last of course, you change it every couple years. I'm thinking about 2 inch PVC. Pvc stands up to this heat and sunshine pretty good. I think a PVC frame might last many years.

After the last harvest I watched a video of Thai man trimming a lamyai, now I see, yeah it was a good plan.