really old style living?

RAS

Agreed totally mardatha.

A big problem is the number of people who allow food waste to sit around inviting snacking carnivores.

And if people understood a bit more about how foxes live, they would be able to control them more effectively as well.

I have to say that I actually like having a fox on our allotments, because they keep the rats down. When we are foxless the number of rats rockets. But if we were allowed to kweep chucks I would think differently. Just getting hold of working terriers is not easy.

D&DD

I think thats half the problem where we live RAS people think they're helping them by feeding them but they're really not as they are so dependant here on scraps they are losing the skills to hunt and catch their own food.
People move off and their food supply dries up then they starve its awful people don't have a clue of the consequences of their actions.

Ooh a bit of exciting news *well I'm easily pleased* they are thinking of putting cows on our local field to graze,so next question is cow dung good manure??? I can see me and Annie doing a scooping session if it is :rotfl:

RAS

D&DD wrote: »

Ooh a bit of exciting news *well I'm easily pleased* they are thinking of putting cows on our local field to graze,so next question is cow dung good manure??? I can see me and Annie doing a scooping session if it is

Yes but sometimes it is very liquid. As kids we got to tell the difference between a firm cowpat that could be kicked and a soft one that coated our boots.

The other slight issue is that many pats get stuck to the grass unlike the molded lumps you get out of horses.

I needs to go on the compost heap, not straight on the garden.

annie123

D&#8517 wrote: »

Ooh a bit of exciting news *well I'm easily pleased* they are thinking of putting cows on our local field to graze,so next question is cow dung good manure??? I can see me and Annie doing a scooping session if it is :rotfl:

Ill be there with you, a big bucket and shovel, must be good for something!

I assume 'they' are planning on stopping the cows somehow from being able to get across 'that busy road with fast cars' to get to the other 'field!
Can imagine hubby....'going to be late back from work as cows on the road:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

D&DD

lol thanks RAS I'd better stock up on some rubbergloves then!My veggies will love me,I've 2 compost bins so I presume mix it in with the garden waste and leave to mature..bit like me really:D

Annie they'll be on the top bit with the longer grass and fenced in but you'll be able to get quite close apparently..I've got a long shovel :rotfl:

ChocClare

annie123 wrote: »

Ill be there with you, a big bucket and shovel, must be good for something!

I assume 'they' are planning on stopping the cows somehow from being able to get across 'that busy road with fast cars' to get to the other 'field!
Can imagine hubby....'going to be late back from work as cows on the road:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I know you're joking but cows on the road is a bit of an occupational hazard where I live - and when I take DD to her job in Burley it's like being in India (except cold and wet and actually far more like the New Forest if I'm honest) for the number of cows ambling up the road. And ponies. But the cows often have these big horn-deelies which mean that touristy car drivers won't overtake them so you get stuck in a VERY long queue. I have been known to get out of my car and go and shoo them off when I get particularly annoyed by some numpty in the car in front who sits there taking pictures while one of the cows stands in the middle of the road with her back to him while all her friends snigger by the side of the road. You can hear them saying "how many cars behind me now girls? Shall I move? Shall we go for a new record today and see if... Oh no, here comes that ChocClare, better scarper smartish..."

D&DD

:rotfl:CC I'd love to see that happen :rotfl:
See us city folk we never think of the practicalities..they also have sheep grazing a roundabout somewhere nearby but the day we went to see them they escaped!

Beccah_3

ChocClare wrote: »

I have been known to get out of my car and go and shoo them off when I get particularly annoyed by some numpty in the car in front who sits there taking pictures while one of the cows stands in the middle of the road with her back to him while all her friends snigger by the side of the road. You can hear them saying "how many cars behind me now girls? Shall I move? Shall we go for a new record today and see if... Oh no, here comes that ChocClare, better scarper smartish..."

OMG having such flashbacks to my first few days living in Wales. I was an 8 yr old city kid from South London, the closest I'd ever been to a cow was at a city farm. My parents decided to have a little drive down to the sea wall to get to know the area. Soo there we were in our teeny little car,in windy country lane which happens to be borderd by a 6 foot deep ditch...and we come upon a farmer moving an entire herd of cows. I can still remember shaking like a leaf as these huge creatures ( very docile and utterly under countrol......I realise now) ambled past my car, whilst my mother shrieked at me to " be quiet as there must be a bull and a loud noise might make him angry" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

mardatha

I was once on a very lonely country road high up on the moors, on my wee Yamaha going to work. Saw something odd in the mirror and pulled in. Whole flock of sheep came galloping past me doing about 60, headed up the hill to the crossroads and did a smart right turn. Not slowing down in the least, they galloped away into the distance. No shepherd, no dogs. Just sheep onna mission :rotfl:

redlady_1

CC- same area but substitute cows for pigs. Boy, they are fun! The ponies can be a right pain though.