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Derald wrote:

Billy wrote:

The permaculture books I've read says that at some point the predators
will become aware of the easy pickin's you got, and balance will return
to Happy Valley. ;O)
Ah, but there exists that "meantime" before the "some point" is
reached. Consider, too, that equilibrium may not include a useful
quantity of the desired veggies. Bunnies and deer are (so far) not a
serious hazard to my garden but grasshoppers, in seemingly infinite
variety and number, are pure evil incarnate and are present during all
save the coldest periods. Tried "nolo" without significant success and
won't use poisoned baits for obvious reasons. Have learned the hard way
that "equilibrium", in my garden, does not include baby lima beans (the
hoppers eat blossoms off the racemes as if they were corn on-the-cob) or
speckled butter beans. Damage to other crops is bearable—I just accept
it as a tax for invading the hoppers' space—so I just settle for
name-calling.

Do you have bird feeders in the garden? Birds can be a problem with
seedling, but once the garden is established, birds are a gardener's
friend.
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