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Deer and gardens
On 7/3/2016 7:30 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
Are not a good mix . Went out last night to water , found the tops of many of the field peas nibbled off . I bought an electric fence setup , but haven't taken time to install it . Gotta get on that before they eat it all . I thought it was rabbits , but they don't crop the tops . I was hoping they'd hold off until I pick the blackberries , they're kinda crowding the tomato cages . Oh well , looks like I'll be losing some of those in the interest of saving more important stuff . Not like the whole countryside isn't covered with blackberry bushes , but these I've kinda kept cut back so I can get at the fruit . I'm also having a problem with probably armadillos , not sure how to handle that short of a night or two without sleep ... I know they're digging for worms and grubs , but they could find a better place to do so . Found they've dug up a couple more pepper plants , a habanero and one other that I don't know the type , I just call them hot red cones . I'm not sure if they'll respond to the 'lectric fence or not . Gotta get the weedwacker fixed first and cut down the vegetation where the fence will be . Tomorrow , today is "get the washer and dryer moved" day . The best way I ever found was a .22 rifle or pistol and a headlight. No amount of ammonia or other stinky stuff gets them away. Maybe a low electric wire stretched about five to six inches above ground would work. Here's a URL that gives dillo advice: http://www.wildlife-removal.com/arma...ardgarden.html If you kill them pick them up with sturdy gloves and bury them deep, some do carry diseases. In SE Texas, when I was a boy, we referred to armadillos as "possums on the half shell." Once we found they carried leprosy we just shot them and buried them. If you put up a regular fence you would have to bury the bottom about six to twelve inches in the soil to keep them out. I've actually seen armadillos run through an electric fence jumping and carrying on but they still were in the garden. Good luck. George |
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