On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:53:54 GMT, Phisherman wrote:

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:03:29 -0400, "ACP"
wrote:

Every night some critter is digging in the pine bark mulch around our
landscape. Yesterday I spread some moth balls around and last night the
activity was the worst I ever had.

Not sure what the animal is, maybe possum or raccoon.

Short of sitting out there after dark with night vision goggles and a 22
rifle and suggestions for keeping the pests away?

Thanks....



We have squirrels, skinks, possums, chip monks, birds, shrews, and the
most annoying skunks digging in the mulch. They seem to dig in the
organic mulch and compost piles, and leave the rock mulch alone. I
guess an outdoor dog would keep most of natures critters away, but I'd
rather put up with nature's way than a barking dog.

Ha, speaking of that, I swear every night at ten o'clock the neighbor
yellow lab barks. He barks at the oppossum who, for some reason,
likes to walk on top of the fence. Talk about slow! Again, very
adorable babies. We seem to attract female animals here because it's
such a sanctuary with plenty of food and water. We have a huge bull
frog who swims in our pool every night. We scoop him out and he jumps
back in.