ID of small tree from terrible photo.

[Guest Gimlet]

Double post. Please delete..

 

They may genuinely dislike green elder but I expect they'll do what they do with badly laid traps: dig round them and carry on..

Edited August 16, 2019 by Gimlet

[Mick Dempsey]

Or push them out the ground.

[Guest Gimlet]

6 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Some interesting stuff, I’m pretty sure, that if moles could laugh, the idea that some green elder stems would repel them, would raise a chuckle.

They probably do genuinely dislike green elder but I expect they'll do what they do with badly laid traps: dig round them and carry on..

 

It's true though that mole hills tend not to be found under elder trees so maybe planting a ornamental specimen in the middle of your lawn..? 

 

Dunno. Someone try it and let us know.

[peatff]

On 16/08/2019 at 09:52, EdwardC said:

You'll never leave.

 

We didn't kill him !

It is considered bad luck to burn elderberry wood indoors. Dropped leaves seem to kill off anything which is not well established under the tree and they manage to grow in the most awkward places like the join at the bottom of a wall where they are hard to remove. They also cause purple stains on the washing when starlings have been eating the berries.

Edited August 18, 2019 by peatff

[Mick Dempsey]

it’s actually ”we didn’t  burn him!”

 

[Guest Gimlet]

3 hours ago, peatff said:

 

We didn't kill him !

It is considered bad luck to burn elderberry wood indoors. Dropped leaves seem to kill off anything which is not well established under the tree and they manage to grow in the most awkward places like the join at the bottom of a wall where they are hard to remove. They also cause purple stains on the washing when starlings have been eating the berries.

Elderberries - pigeons - cars. Bastards.

[Mick Dempsey]

I loved the first two series, it sort of faded a bit after that (with the honorable exception of ’Legz Akimbo, put yourself in a child’

 

I still use lines all the time in my daily life.

 

Would you say you’re an egregious person?

 

Stop being a nutter Pauline!

 

Hello Davvvve.

[Paul Cleaver]

This is a local post for local people - we will have no trouble here

[Guest Gimlet]

In this house..... we do not masturbate.

 

[Paul Cleaver]

49 minutes ago, Gimlet said:

In this house..... we do not masturbate.

 

why is it you can not find toad monthly on the shelves in newsagents? guess it must be a local publication