09 May Sat 2009
Peacocks and birds in my garden..LEARN how to grow vegetables in spite of the roaming herds!
I have more than eight peacocks that are protected as wild endangered species here in Florida .Lots of other animal kingdom wild friends like IGUANAS also roam the garden freely and still I have vegetables to eat.The secret is grow what those friends do not like to eat.For example.I grow on the boundaries pineapple .They have spikes and so I use them as natural fence to discourage animal ( or human)trespassing !
Another technique I use is feeding the birds in certain area away from my garden so they get to know me as their friend and know that the dinning table is away from my garden.Animals have feelings just like plants and offcourse HUMANS do! So we get along and by respecting each others feelings we get by.
I found out that Tomatoes also can be a good safe crop at least for myself.The peacocks stear clear of the tomato plant because they know that the leaves are poisonous.They did find out about my Kalaloo spinach though and had plenty of free meals and I had to put a net around those spinach to save them.
The spuirrels ate all my sun flower seedlings once so I decided to distract them away from the garden and had some plates of nuts and sun flower seeds next to water bowl and man it worked they left my seedlings alone !
We need to learn our lessons from the plants and animals on conflict resolutions withoyt using FORCE POWER! I beleive offered food can be used as a good tool to make new friends with those animal intruders at the garden.How about feeding the hungry of our fellow human beings .I donate to a local soap kitchen and share my extras with those needy who I happen to know or who volunteer at my garden.I do not THROW AWAY FOOD in the dumpster.You will be surprised how many of us DUMP good food in the TRASH!
Those days of excess are gone and now we have less whether in money or resources.Let us make use of RECYCLING and COMMUNITY SHARING and renew the olden habits of the past which were passed to us by our mothres/grandmothers, fathers and grandfathers.History repeats itself and the lessons we learn and apply can make life more enjoyable and worth living.Giving is the key word.Acting on this word makes a DIFFERENCE.