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songbird[_2_] · 30-07-2012, 03:33 PM posted to rec.gardens

wrote:
On Saturday, April 17, 2010 8:51:00 AM UTC-7, EVP MAN wrote:
^^^^^^^^

a long time ago...

My neighbor planted some spring onion sets in his garden last week and
told me that something chewed the tops off of two rows. We live in town
and have rabbits, squirrels and every once in awhile a possum passes
through. I'm about to plant my own onion sets this coming week and this
has me a bit concerned. Does anyone know of any animal that will bother
onions???

I had the same thing happen in my garden yesterday. We too are within city limits and have the occasional raccoon & skunks and also some turkeys, but no deer or rabbits. We have dogs and cats that come into our yard, but that's it. Any ideas?

if it is a garden that you can rake, take i fine
toothed rake and rake it until the soil is fluffy
and smooth it out. next time an animal comes through
it will leave tracks.

otherwise, it might be a dog or cat as they can
eat greens from time to time (seems to make them
barf, but perhaps that is what they do when they
get an upset stomach).

good luck,

songbird