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Old 22-06-2008, 08:52 PM
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Did you used to have to moss frames pinklily ? I was mossing a big ol cross once when I was a wee junior when a big fat worm wriggled up and waved at me ! It was groce ! Loved oasis frames ever since ! xx
I have had to moss frames, but really didn't know that there were THEM in there

but as I now do -----
guess whose making oasis wreath frames for chrimbo for now on
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It only happened the once. . . and I have done literaly hundreds of xmas wreaths in moss and never had another one ..just earwigs mainly.... soz if I've put you off . . .xx
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I believe someone else wanted rid of frigs on here...simple answer I believe was given...Get a cat!
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I believe someone else wanted rid of frigs on here...simple answer I believe was given...Get a cat!
I've got 5 cats and a garden full of frogs !!!!!

jenflowa - i have a solution to the mossed wreaths - i'll get the lads to do em
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Old 22-06-2008, 10:03 PM
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Need wild farm cat.... Meeeeeeeooooooowwwwwwwwww.. kills ya frogs but keeps ya awake all friggin night, screamin like a warewolf !!!
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apparantly mice,frogs and spiders are all linked phobias. Its something to do with the quick movement.. heres a story from my younger days as a trainee just 4 u joe flo...

When I was a wee junior I worked for a wicked witch flower lady, we worked in an "upmarket" flower shop that sold only the finest belgium chocolates....

On witches day off me n my matie used to help ourselves to delish chocs to make up for our lousy pay and evil bosses....our way of getting our own back ..

Once this behaviour had continued for a couple of months me matie bought some chocs for a relitive that she had been feuding with for a year,as a peacemaking.
The rellie bit one of the chocs in two and out popped a massive maggot ! !
we'd been stuffin them in whole as were little pigs ! God only knows how many maggots we'd eaten. Karma some might say but b4 you judge us read on...
The "lovely" boss lady told matie to bring back the chocs to be sent off and didn't even give a refund or send apology to the affected rellie ! And we only got 20% staff discount and was on min wage !
What dosn't kill ya only makes us stronger !? HMMmm yum yum. xx
Mice and frogs dont bother me. Not keen on spiders though!
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To get rid of snails and slugs you need to set beer traps. Just dig a little hole and sit a jamjar or something in there half fill with beer and they all climb in get sozzled and die. You do need to empty the traps everyday though to make room for new "drownings". Foxes are easier just get any male, husband, brother etc...and get them to pee all around your boundaries and thats it no more foxes. They hate the smell as its territorial so they stay away. If you have a friend with a large male dog use him instead. These really work. I live in the middle of the country with free range ducks and hens and my dog marks the garden everyday and we never get foxes brave enough to come in after the hens. Good luck.
Great post ossirus. It will work. Stout or such like is their favorite ~ slugs that is, I'm not sure what tipple foxes like My Dad always liked to use it rather than pesticides. He said it was a kinder way for them to go ~ happily drunk! As for the fox deterrent they will be scared off definitely if you get a dog in the garden. Our next door neighbour was "hounded" by a fox that rampaged though her garden tipping the bin over and tearing open the plastic bags. It never once bothered us, just next door but we had a dog!!

I think a lot of your problems will be because the garden belonged to a very old lady so it wasn't "well used". My advice it to get out in it as much as possible this summer, have barbies, invite the neighbours and friends around. If you haven't got kids get your friends to bring theirs round. Wild life won't want to stay long in a "busy" garden if there are quieter gardens near by that that can live in undisturbed.

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Old 22-06-2008, 11:27 PM
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sounds like another excuse for a party Rainbow !! Just ask all the guests to pee in the hedges !!
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