tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post5454863705437575211..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Big Garden Birdwatch - 28/29 January 2012Crafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-6742982314924769212013-05-14T11:11:41.923+01:002013-05-14T11:11:41.923+01:00Howard, thought I'd already commented on this....Howard, thought I'd already commented on this. our backgreen is part of the Backgreens Initiative (aka Dig for Victory) but there are issues over who owns the land and lots of neighbours didn't want to join in so there's only a small part of the area that has become communal and that's dominated by one flat who dig up anything anyone else plants. So my experience of Dig for Victory has been entirely negative. Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-81144089726282117062012-01-14T06:41:56.738+00:002012-01-14T06:41:56.738+00:00Well, good for you to try anyway! How annoying of ...Well, good for you to try anyway! How annoying of the neighbor with the dog! Here in the USA, the Cornell Lab of ornithology does the GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT in February on President's day weekend for 4 days. I always participate in that!Kathie Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10377224759599266209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-62540654030341197942012-01-05T14:43:58.166+00:002012-01-05T14:43:58.166+00:00Just go along to your local park and record the bi...<i>Just go along to your local park and record the birds you see there.</i><br /><br />I tend to treat city parks as if they were a kind of backyard anyway :) There's no green around my apartment building, so I like to go to local parks. But it's a good suggestion for bird-watching assuming there aren't too many people around who are liable to make noise and scare the birds away. Because then only the pigeons tend to stick around.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-44259953417198351492012-01-04T02:11:00.817+00:002012-01-04T02:11:00.817+00:00I've sent this link off to a friend in England...I've sent this link off to a friend in England. She loves birds and may already know about it. But she's going to be limited to home for a while later this month, and has a wonderful garden. It would be a great activity for her!shoreacreshttp://shoreacres.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-12918992281417401692012-01-03T20:41:45.928+00:002012-01-03T20:41:45.928+00:00You need to get together with any interested neigh...You need to get together with any interested neighbours and do something positive with your back green. It should be possible to create a pleasant sitting area. If there is already a vegetable patch, that suggests that some of the other residents who share the garden at least have an interest in utilising it. We have a similar-ish situation at our new flat: the large garden is shared between many flats on two streets, and is just a big field criss-crossed with washing lines. I hope it will be possible maybe to create ‘zones’ in the garden, for growing fruit and veg., for just sitting, for children to play etc., but we’ll need to get together with other residents and agree on something which will satisfy everybody. It may be quite a challenge, but I imagine that Dig For Victory Edinburgh will be able to make some suggestions as to how to go about things. None of this would help for this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch, but perhaps could improve things for future years.Howard of Belvedere Mountain Expresshttp://www.pigeonhouse.comnoreply@blogger.com