Re: Garden pests and control

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Can I borrow your dog?

Teri Chace
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-----Original Message-----
From: Geri Laufer <gerilaufer@gmail.com>
To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, Jun 15, 2012 6:05 pm
Subject: Re: [GWL] Garden pests and control

My dog munches up woodchucks, fur, nails and all. Geri

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On Jun 15, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Sally Williams <gardenlit@gmail.com> wrote:

> Woodchucks are my nemesis. Their diets vary by the individual. Recently the
> one under my front porch has broadened his/her already vast palate to
> include ornamental alliums, bee balm and tomato plants which have not been
> touched before, and remain untouched at another property.
> 
> They are too smart to be trapped in a have-a-hart and are not scared off by
> dogs. Urine doesn't work because they just dig another entrance hole. Smoke
> bombs work if you can find all the holes. The best remedy is a roofed fence
> sunk two feet (I've seen them climb an 8 ft chain link fence) or a bullet,
> neither under consideration at the moment. A coyote got one last year, but
> you can't count on them as they don't come when you whistle...
> 
> Sally
> 
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Sandie Parrott <rsbirdy@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> I'll second the deer problem! I've lived in my zone 5 Michigan house for
>> 24 years...they found me 3 years ago and oh wow do they love my hosta. They
>> discovered me because my neighbor next door is growing an unprotected salad
>> bar (aka vegetable garden) for their personal enjoyment. When they get done
>> with his...and they are still hungry...they say "Wow...let's go see what
>> delectable Hosta Sandie has today."
>> 
>> I use several deterrents....nothing is a cure...they either eventually
>> find a way around it or the effect wears off.
>> 
>> 1.      Scarecrow Motion Sensor sprinkler - pretty good, but must be moved
>> frequently because the deer learn the pattern
>> 2.      Human Hair - Tucked under plants where they can smell it and might
>> bite it. Has to be replaced after several rains because the smell decreases
>> 3.      Chili pepper - sprinkled in containers and around garden
>> areas...again it has to be replaced periodically, but they don't like it
>> 4.      Smelly or prickly plants - some very aromatic herbs especially in
>> the onion family work pretty well and roses or barberry for prickly plants.
>> Dead      rose canes stuck near the Hosta have a similar effect and they
>> hopefully poke them in the eye!
>> 
>> Sandie Parrott
>> Garden Writer/Blogger/Photographer
>> SandieParrott.com
>> Skparrott.wordpress.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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