I do like this thread, it deals with my OTHER favourite subject!!
Jon... I already have two geese, and they look exactly like those in your picture. Only problem is that they are vegetarian, and don't eat slugs. The chickens will eat slugs if they are marinated in beer first...straight out of the slug traps!!!!
Mouldy, I envy you your walled garden, and I have the same problem with herb robert, it's amazing where it will grow!,br> Jeri, what's Jewel weed? it sounds really pretty. Fortunately, we don't have poison ivy here, but then we don't have hummingbirds, either. Hwyl, Bron.