Ha! You people are slipping and I even posted photos of my handiwork showing the proximity of the stakes to the bog edge
My husband took one look at what I had done and started laughing. He asked one simple question, "How did I intend to care for the plants once the chicken wire was up?" Hmmm... the stakes are about a foot from the edge and there would have been no place for me to kneel down and weed let alone get in there to water them. All of the stakes need to get pulled out of the ground and backed up at least a foot from where I currently have them placed. Ugh!
Hello BCK, thanks for that link. I was thinking more along the lines of actual fruit tree bird netting so it would drape over the top. Your type may actually work better if I cut it out and lay it on top of the stakes. Seems to me that if a bird lands on a more rigid form of netting that it is less likely to get all tangled up. Thanks again for the links.
Hello Jerry, One question for you that I never considered. If I do try to maintain a few CPs inside, do I need to start buying gut loaded crickets or fruit flies? If so, I may need to revisit this as I am thinking I would NOT be interested in having fruit flies flying around the house with the holidays around the corner. Stray crickets would be eaten by my indoor cats but the fruit flies would be another story.
My husband took one look at what I had done and started laughing. He asked one simple question, "How did I intend to care for the plants once the chicken wire was up?" Hmmm... the stakes are about a foot from the edge and there would have been no place for me to kneel down and weed let alone get in there to water them. All of the stakes need to get pulled out of the ground and backed up at least a foot from where I currently have them placed. Ugh!
Hello BCK, thanks for that link. I was thinking more along the lines of actual fruit tree bird netting so it would drape over the top. Your type may actually work better if I cut it out and lay it on top of the stakes. Seems to me that if a bird lands on a more rigid form of netting that it is less likely to get all tangled up. Thanks again for the links.
Hello Jerry, One question for you that I never considered. If I do try to maintain a few CPs inside, do I need to start buying gut loaded crickets or fruit flies? If so, I may need to revisit this as I am thinking I would NOT be interested in having fruit flies flying around the house with the holidays around the corner. Stray crickets would be eaten by my indoor cats but the fruit flies would be another story.