Re: Those motion-detector sprayers
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  • Subject: Re: Those motion-detector sprayers
  • From: C*@aol.com
  • Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:20:36 -0400 (EDT)
Cyndi, I use the scarecrow in warm weather for the deer and I only set it 
for overnight protection.   They are very sensitive, a bird or any movement 
will set it off.   Also, you need to move it about, at least for deer, or it 
becomes ineffective. When you have deer you become less concerned with 
rabbits.   The negative is it is connected to running water. I didn't get the 
connector in just right one time and we woke up to a flooded back yard however 
it beats anything I have used so far.   It would be desirable to have more 
than one.   The price has come down on these. 
     I do use green plastic fencing to keep the rabbits from my lilys.   
The roll comes in approx 6' height.   We cut it in half and then make 
cylinders to fit each clump of lilies.   My plants are planted very dense and I have 
hundreds of cylinders but the fencing just seems to disappear.   I leave 
them in the garden all year round however the deer make a mess of them in the 
winter.   My vegetable gardens are completely fenced so rabbits can not get 
in. We ran a heavy wire at about 4' height to discourage the deer.
     Ceres

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