Look what dh found in the park!

Lally74

My neighbour wants me to cut down the bullice (cherry plums) near our shared fence because the blossom gets blown on his car port roof. I admit the trees are not the most pretty . If I trim the trees , they will grow even bigger . I am not able to trim them myself.....too decrepit . Any ideas ?

Lally74
I think you may have posted on the wrong forum. Try reposting your question on the Gardening topic. I'm sure someone will be able to help.

Wow I found that interesting thanks for sharing

Wow, lucky you. There are a few deer herds around where I live and I am always looking out for them but never been lucky enough!

I found a small one in the garden just before Christmas. Gave it to gd to take to school. I was quite excited as I’ve never found one before. I would have been extra excited if I’d find a really big one like op’s dh.

Wow! I didn't realise that deer shed their whole antlers

Lovely posts & pics x

grandtanteJE65

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The young males have tiny ones - they evident get bigger with each season. We’ve often noticed that we hardly ever see the really big stags until the autumn rutting season, when they’re very busy chasing off other stags from their ‘harem’, bellowing and often clashing antlers with rivals.

More than once we’ve seen a big stag with a lot of dead bracken festooned in his antlers - apparently it’s supposed to make them look bigger and more scary, but to us they look more like someone the morning after a really wild party!

Actually, it probably is a stag after a really wild party, when you think about it!

Yes, now I come to think of it, the one I remember best was clearly knackered, taking his ease as he sat in a nice cosy bed of dry bracken. And taking zero notice of humans walking past, though to be frank they are often so well camouflaged that you don’t see them until you’re up close.

I had no idea that deer ate their antlers; that probably explains why the one I found was chewed at the top. There are herds of managed deer at various NT properties near here, and one well known stately home, but to have a resident wild herd of reds is a jewel in the crown. No one knows where they came from originally but they have grown in numbers and their range seems to have extended, so you never know where you’re going to come across them.

I never knew that they ate their antlers either. Fascinating

fantastic and it is also beautiful that a amazing animal was not murdered in the find