Re: RE: Re: catnip

We have lots of the red tailed hawks... they are beautiful!
Tricia
----- Original Message ----- From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: RE: Re: [CHAT] catnip


These hawks are enormous and Sugar has the good sense to get up on the
porch when they are close by. I always check and she is under cover.
There were 3 out here yesterday. A medium size one and two great big
ones. Don't know what kind, the bigger ones are darker in color than the
medium size one.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan
Sent: 11/21/2004 6:32:30 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: Re: [CHAT] catnip

What kind of hawks do you have, Pam? Though they are predators and as such
a danger to smaller wildlife, most of the hawks around here are gorgeous.
On the other side of that equation, with hawks around, your bunny munching
and mouse/rat populations ought to diminish dramatically. (The balance of
nature is worth a little time with hawks in the yard, but keep an eye on
Sugar if those hawks are a large variety.)

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of gardenqueen@academicplanet.com
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 9:49 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] catnip

How funny that must be when Nick chases them up the tree and they are
gone! Even on a tether, Sugar has managed to catch one or two of the
dumber birds that wander into the driveway. But she was feral as a baby
and is still a mighty hunter even though she's nine years old and a hair
on the chubby side. The back yard is a cat free zone except for the
occasional stray that climbs the fence. They get a dose of the water
hose for their efforts since I find a pile of feathers out there once in
a while. But we've had a pair of hawks in the neighborhood of late, so
the birds are in hiding a good part of the day. Hope they leave soon, I
miss my birdies. The mourning doves are making good use of the brush
pile shelter I built for them.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com
Sent: 11/20/2004 7:58:12 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] catnip

Pam, my catnip is inside the fenced vegetable garden - that is the only way
I can protect vegetables from the deer. I suppose a determined cat could
get in, but I don't think they would bother. I have taken one of my indoor
cats down there a few times for a treat, and she was not able to get out.
One of my outdoor cats has followed me in a few times, but she is much
too fat to get out. We feed birds and have lots and lots of them. I can't
really declare that no bird has ever been caught by a cat of mine, but it
hasn't happened often. Nick, my stupid male goes dashing up trees
after birds and then looks puzzled when the bird is not there when he
gets there. I have had more birds die from flying into the picture window
than be caught by cats.
Auralie

In a message dated 11/20/2004 7:12:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
gardenqueen@academicplanet.com writes:
Auralie - I let a lot of things reseed all over the place too. One nice
thing about having a bird & butterfly habitat is you can tell people
it's supposed to look that wild and they don't know any different! But I
don't grow catnip because I don't want cats in the yard eating my
birdies.

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