Re: Bambi strikes again

really. They are usually earnest cheerful young people. They will ask, but respect 'no' as an answer. It's part of their training to respect another's agency (right to choose). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bambi strikes again



whether they are interested in the message or not.

Really?
I would feel pretty uncomfortable accepting help from religious people with whom I had no faith connection. 

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Browning" <judylee@lewiston.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bambi strikes again
You have had an awful time this year, animal depredation, storms, drought. I 
don't know how you cope so well. Glad you feel you can vent here. Wish I
lived closer to offer some more substantial support. If there are
missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in your
area, they are called to offer service as well as teach. In my experience, 
they are happy to do a little yard work or heavy lifting for older folks,
whether they are interested in the message or not. Just an idea.
Judy B z 6 Idaho. Fall weather here, rainy, cool.
----- Original Message ----- From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bambi strikes again



Kitty, there's just no way to fence this property from the wild
animals.  One neighbor has tried to no effect.  Our litle cul-de-sac
of eight houses abuts an undeveloped county parkland on one
side and the AT&T power lines on the other, so we are really
surrounded with open land.  We are on a fairly steep ridge -
the address 'Rocky Ridge' is significant.  The house and garage
are nestled between two large rock outcroppings.  You can walk
off one boulder onto the roof of the garage.  The land falls away
in the rear to a small pond, of which we own half.  It would have
to be fenced also as the deer can swim around the end of a fence
that stops at the pond edge.  The small vegetable garden - about
30'x30' has an eight-foot fence that keeps deer out but not the
woodchucks and other critters. For instance, since I have stopped
vegetables this year, something has eaten down two large clumps
of comfrey within the fence. Since deer can't get in there, it must
be woodchucks.  The stems are left at about a foot - don't think
rabbits are that tall, but I have seen the chucks stand right up on
their hind legs to eat.  For many years we have enjoyed the
nature, and managed to coexist.  It is just the past two years
that they have become so terribly agressive.  I used to think I
could manage the deer problem, but I'm finding this pretty
frustrating and depressing.

In a message dated 9/21/2008 12:51:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kmrsy@comcast.net writes:

OH, geez, that's absolutely awful!!

I know you've tried just about everything, but it seems that where you
live
you are bound to continue having this situation unless you opt for
something
expensive along the lines of a fortress.
You had mentioned how dry it had been, so I'm guessing that diminished the 
available food for the wild animals, which is why they're at a point
they'll
eat almost anything.

I'm so sorry for your plight.  I wish I had something to suggest, but I
don't.

Kitty





**************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial
challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips 
and
calculators.      (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT



--
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG.
Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.7.0/1682 - Release Date: 9/20/2008 
10:24 AM


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

10:10 AM

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT



--
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.7.0/1682 - Release Date: 9/20/2008 10:24 AM 

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index