Re: Why is it?

LOL - good one Cathy!!

On 1/22/08, gary.carpenter@insightbb.com <gary.carpenter@insightbb.com>
wrote:
>
> The Marines swear by concertina wire.
>
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
>
> >
> > Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
> >  I hear you. The fence around my garden in the back yard is 5 feet
> > tall.
> > Not exactly esthetic, but out there I don't really care what it looks
> > like.
> > I have seen a couple articles in magazines about how to design your
> > garden so the dogs aren't as tempted to destroy stuff...have you
> > taken a
> > look at anything like that?
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Jesse Bell
> > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 8:32 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Why is it?
> >
> > Well, my dogs are so big (2 German Shepherd, 1 half New Foundland/
> > half
> > Lab) that the short small fences I put around my gardens don't seem to
> > work. They either jump over them or just lean on them so hard they
> > fall
> > over. They seem to like the shade, or the cool dirt under my mulch.
> > OR -
> > they just lay all over my iris and daylilies because the plants
> > themselves are cool. We put a dog door on the outside door to the
> > garage
> > so they can come and go easily now. Maybe that will help.
> >
> >
> >
> > Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
> > Or a fence...
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Jesse Bell
> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:33 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Why is it?
> >
> > Well, if it's not the chickens or guineas, it's the DOGS. So that
> > doesn't surprise me either. I need to get some kind of "chicken
> > scarecrow"!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Daryl
> > wrote:
> > Jesse,
> >
> > I despaired at getting Hellebore seedlings. Everyone said that there
> > would
> > be hundreds after the 3rd year. The culprit? My chickens. They didn't
> > eat
> > the seedlings, but they scratched around enough that they disrupted
> > germination for the Hellebores, and dozens of other plants.
> >
> > Just a thought in case your ladies venture into the garden.
> >
> >
> > d
> >
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> > Jesse R. Bell
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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