Re: Outrage!

Auralie,
I'm sorry this happened.  I remember my outrage after a skunk went through
my yard once, but nothing as severe as your experience.  Did you ever have
problems with these planters before?
Perhaps I shouldn't say it, but as gardeners, I don't think we should
"battle" nature. We need to work with it.  Easy for me to say, I live in an
older subdivision that doesn't have a lot of wildlife, just raccoons and
possums and rabbits.  I eliminated all but one birdfeeder which is foolproof
and the cats keep the rabbits at bay.  However, I would love to live where
there is more wildlife and would probably grumble while adjusting my
gardening practices to outwit them.  But "battle" just seems so anti-nature.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 10:12 AM
Subject: [CHAT] Outrage!


> After a week of totally miserable, cold, cloudy, damp but not
> rainy weather, it cleared up and turned warmer yesterday.
> I spent the afternoon planting out tender things in the container
> garden I set up each summer in my breezeway - filled all the
> big pots, planted out half the plants I have been hoarding.
> I didn't finish because a sudden wind and rain storm ran me
> in, but felt I had made a good start.  This morning when we
> went out to fill the bird-feeders, what a disaster!  Every single
> pot had been turned over or dug up.  Every plant, including
> the five miniature rose bushes, had been dug up and thrown
> on the ground. My DH is stressed about all the expensive
> potting soil spilled into the gravel where it will encourage
> weeds.  I am stressed about my plants.  It took me an hour
> just to get things straightened up.  What a start for the
> season.  I guess it must have been raccoons.  I know we
> have lots of them around.  Skunks dometimes dig things up,
> but this was so much more systematic and complete - some
> of the pots were quite large.  There are days when I think
> we're losing the battle with nature.
> Auralie
>
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