i need a favour please

[lynda66]

Spot on gal...'old' MoMs never die ya know!


What are you looking for seed/pip/stonewise????

Maybe you should also be thinking of some seed heads for the birds????

basically, anything that will grow here and be a good food source .... we get lots of tits, and sparrows chaffinch, starlings, wood pigeons, collared doves, crows, blackbirds, thrushes, but obviously the more nest sites and more food, hopefully we may manage to attract other things

I have a pretty shrub in the garden, bright yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries, which some birds (especially blackbirds and thrushes) go wild for.
The leaves are like a tiny holly leaf. I can send a package of berries/seeds soon (ie when I'm sure they are ripe).

that would be brilliant, thanks, sounds perfect

Sounds like berberis? The birds do love these. They hide in the impossibly thorny branches of this in my sister's garden, when one of the neighbourhood mogs slopes by.

Nice to see you again chuck!

nice to see you too, anything with thorns will be good, we have a lot of cats, magpies, crows, and even a sparrowhawk makes an appearance now and again, so will be good having safe places for them

Thanks Flum, I think it may well be Berberis. Ours seems to be able to have 2 flowering sessions a year, so that right now it has near-ripe berries, AND a few flowers.... Odd, but rather nice too!

you're all lovely, thanks *blows kisses* xxx

[lynda66]

ps i dunno the exact size of the land, but theres 35 semi detached houses on the road, so its that long, and around 20-30 feet width .... so it will take a lot to fill it

[Hilary B]

Berries look about ripe, as soon as I have the address to send to......

[lynda66]

have found a couple of hazlenut trees .... hopefully i may manage to get a few nuts off it before the squirrels get them all

[lynda66]

Berries look about ripe, as soon as I have the address to send to......

cool, thanks, message sent