Period Christmas erections?

[MdB]

Aha! I spy a Dark Side of the Moon poster!

Even more interesting than a cat puzzled by an upside down Christmas tree.

obligatory xkcd.

http://xkcd.com/964/
(for physics nerds who have had to share a room with a random other)

 

[Penners]

Maybe the tree is the right way up and the room is upside down?

I should ease up on the painkillers, Jelly.

 

[Penners]

obligatory xkcd.

To my own amazement, I actually understood that cartoon strip.

 

[Jellyfire]

Maybe the tree is the right way up and the room is upside down?

I should ease up on the painkillers, Jelly.

Actually maybe my phone was upside down.

 

[Flyfisher]

 

[LadyArowana]

Maybe the tree is the right way up and the room is upside down?

I should ease up on the painkillers, Jelly.

Actually maybe my phone was upside down.

No, you are OK, the picture was from Australia.

 

[Penners]

FF - I don't know whether anyone else had the same trouble, but the image in your post above failed to show for me. Just a black 'X'.

 

[Jellyfire]

FF - I don't know whether anyone else had the same trouble, but the image in your post above failed to show for me. Just a black 'X'.

I thought that he was just deciding to end the thread. Thought it seemed a little brutal.

 

[Flyfisher]

FF - I don't know whether anyone else had the same trouble, but the image in your post above failed to show for me. Just a black 'X'.

I thought that he was just deciding to end the thread. Thought it seemed a little brutal.

Nothing brutal intended, just a poor way of linking to the image. It should be working now - I only hope it's worth it.

 

[robgil]

Has anybody photographed their erections this year? I might get a photo of mine later tonight, I'm very proud of it, even though it does slightly lean to the left a bit.

 

[Jellyfire]

Mine bears a striking similarity to last year. Though this year the little one is so infatuated by it he's put his chair there so he doesn't miss a second of seeing it

 

[Zebra]

Instead of an erection, this is what I have. I think it's pleasingly inviting, if a little bushy round the edges. It's not on display to the whole world, but all you have to do is come to the door, and you can see it. The postman, the milkman and the lady next door have all admired it.

 

[tobydog]

Damn pigeons (nothing personal PP!). Went out to get some berried holly from the garden yesterday and we found two. That's two berries not two holly trees bearing fruit. We have a lot of holly. Why couldn't the pigeons have waited one more week?. Bit concerned for the other birds though because we've only had a few bad days so far and a colder than average winter is expected.

 

[Jellyfire]

Likewise, practically no berries or fruit at all in our garden, usually loads for the birds at this time of year. Think the summer rain has hit fruit and berries very hard this year. Going to be a tough one for wildlife his winter

 

[worms]

I thought abundant holly berries were a sign of a harsh winter to come? Does the reverse not hold true?

As for us, stacks of holly berries here as usual but for some reason the birds seldom touch them.

 

[Flyfisher]

Not many holly berries here and it was also a poor year for our fruit trees.

In contrast, our pyracantha was full of berries and our resident blackbird seemed to be most grateful for them during the recent cold snap.

 

[worms]

It's strange, we have no shortage of garden birds but they don't seem to look at the holly berries until Feb/Mar time. The exception is the visitors like red wings and long-tailed tits, but again we seldom see them until much further into the winter.

 

[tobydog]

The small birds are going mad for the peanuts and mixed food in the feeders at the moment. It's great to see them. I don't know whether anyone else see's the same thing but we tend to get long tail tits arrive in gangs. We had 6 - 7 on one feeder last year. Amazing sight but no camera. A real Bill Oddie moment. As for the pyracantha, that looked fantastic one day and very sad the next. The blackbirds normally help themselves to the chicken food along with our tame pheasant. In fact they are usually queuing up waiting for me to open the run door :roll: . The pheasant must be one of the smarter one's because he's always in the garden when all the guns are going off around us.

The squirrels are now too big and fat to get inside the squirrel proof feeders. During the eary summer the younger one's could slip between the gaps. Little buggers.

As for holly berries, isn't it an old wives tale about many berries for a cold winter? What many gardeners don't realise is that holly bears fruit on wood that is two years old or more. So the trick (if you have to) is two trim accordingly if you want to see berries occasionally.

 

[Penners]

we tend to get long tail tits arrive in gangs. We had 6 - 7 on one feeder last year. Amazing sight but no camera.

That's a coincidence - our garden birds don't have cameras either.

 

[worms]

As for holly berries, isn't it an old wives tale about many berries for a cold winter?

Absolutely! I first learned about it from an "old wife" on this forum! :wink:

What many gardeners don't realise is that holly bears fruit on wood that is two years old or more. So the trick (if you have to) is two trim accordingly if you want to see berries occasionally.

I prune back to the green berries in late autumn to let the birds get easier access and that pruning regime seems also to work for the future flowering and berry production.