Wow!, I'll never complain about the blackbirds here again! Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year from Gippsland Australia. regards, Bill Richardson, West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia ixia@dcsi.net.au Ixia Website: http://www.angelfire.com/ri/ixia/ beautiful sunny days 35c today and some rain coming to water the garden. Perfect! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Foulis" <plantlady@beautifulblooms.ab.ca> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] elephants and other pests in gardens > These accounts of critters has been hilarious, although probably not for > those of you experiencing the problems. To think I was griping about a > couple of deer and a dozen or so cats in our yard! Thank you > for putting a lot of perspective on it, I'm thinking the grass is just a bit > greener on my side of the fence. > Although I do have to be very careful with bulbs in the house, our parrot > can munch them up like they've been through a meat grinder. > Can you imagine, an elephant in the garden! And they're shoo-able? > We may have a short growing season up here, but I don't have to put up with > nearly as much as the rest of you do! > > Linda > Okotoks, AB > > It will be a brown Christmas this year and we're supposed to hit 8C on > Christmas day. Shame the ground is frozen, it would be great gardening > weather otherwise. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >