On Jan 31, 12:46 pm, Billy wrote:
In article
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fryedaddy wrote:
Whether you are in Hawaii or Arizona, when the topic centers on
gardening, one of the tests that gardening lovers commonly face is
that of pest control. Even though organic approaches have been always
present and have been applied for gardening, controlling bugs in the
developed world right from... Click the link below to read the entire
article

http://www.articlesofinformation.com...ts---How-To-Ge...
Garden-Pests-And-Keep-Your-Garden-Healthy-/26146

Basically, the article boils down to:

Collecting information regarding the look, behavior, adversaries, and
the life sequence of pests gives gardeners the chance to eliminate
destructive insects from the garden.

Uh-huh. Why didn't I think of that?

I have a question which may seem frivolous at first glance, but is
quite serious:

My place is plagued by raccoons, possums, and armadillos. They don't
seem to bother any of my veggies other than the melons, which they
utterly destroy.
This year I am considering getting some cast-off wire cages of the
kind that transport dogs and, after the blossom turns to a developing
melon, leading it through the mesh into the cage. I may be able to
get the fruits from a number of vines into each cage.

pause, while readers laughter dies down

Does this sound like a reasonable tactic?

cheers

oz, watching the infrequent snow