They are the only wallaby-proof things in my vegetable patch! While everything else has either been sampled or mown down completely, Greenskin 2 and the new zucchini babies (which I will thin out to one soon) are untouched, completely untouched.
Perhaps the Wallaby is like many others - zucchini not being their first choice for vegetable? Perhaps when the wallaby has finished everything else left in the garden, it might go for the zucchinis?
You might like to know that garlic chives are a particular favourite of the Swampies, garlic chives and parsley.
I think that the Swampy should read my somewhat triumphal post about 'dressing' rabbits. After having eaten loads of garlic chives and all my parsley, I think Swampy might be nicely pre-seasoned by now?
Think about it Swampy...think before you munch!
What sits undisturbed in your patch? What despite the heat wave or the flood or the various pests and diseases ravaging your patch stands proud, undefeated?
Yes, Swampy should be very, very afraid. Not much of my patch gets eaten by bigger animals. Mainly seedlings eaten by slugs are the casualties, but once past seedling stage they tend to be ok. But I haven't yet let the ducks into the garden, so I may be speaking too soon.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I wonder what the ducks will fancy? We had a duck or two when we were kids, I remember them loving snails and slugs but dont remember them eating the veg... but you will tell us!
DeletePerhaps swampy is patiently waiting for the zucchini to grow to eat the fruit. After all the leaves have a slight prickly texture. And if you could marinate the zucchini with more chive and parsley even better.
ReplyDeleteIt must be quite frustrating. Birds have snapped several branches off my flowering gum so I now have a couple of vases inside of flower so I guess that is more win for me?
That's not so bad. I love those big fat ficifolia flowers, is that what you have? They make a beautiful display.
DeleteI know how frustrating it must be to head out to the plot to find things eaten to the ground. I've finally outsmarted the natives around our patch, my veggie plot is fenced with wire panels and chicken wire so the rabbits can't get in. As we have a large area of grass land aroung our home the wallabies don't seem to enter but we do have a mob of kangaroos which visit our dam. So far they haven't jumped the wire fence and I'm keeping my fingers crossed they don't try soon!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, quite frustrating. Today I have mapped out where the fenced veggie garden will go so I am feeling like it will eventually get under control. I will need to make it wallaby proof and rabbit proof but so far its the wallabies that are the real problem. Good luck with yours!
DeleteI will have to quiz my parents of their wallaby proofing techniques - I know they've had issues from time to time. They have a resident roo and joey in the garden at the moment but they seem to respect the veggies as a no go area.
ReplyDeleteYes please! That would be great.
DeleteWe have used the wallaby incident to find out a little more about them (or rather I should say 'the Lad' has done some research that I have benefited from). Apparently roos and wallabies have very different eating habits. Roos are grazers eating grass mainly. Wallabies are browsers eating shrubs and non grassy things. So that may be the reason why your parents dont have issues with the roo (and joey - cute!) and why the wallaby seems to eat everything in sight. We have lovely Eastern Grey roos that bounce around here but they keep their distance at the moment and eat the plentiful grass.
Today I have mapped out where the permanent veggie patch will be. It will have fencing that is wallaby and rabbit proof (I hope). I have also put some patchy temporary fencing around the temporary beds which succeeded last night in keeping Swampy out. Excluded from the veggies the wallaby decided to turn on my succulents instead! Sigh!