OT: Deer and other neighbors
- Subject: OT: Deer and other neighbors
- From: l*
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 02 09:29:57 -0600
>Radios set on a timer that goes randomly for a few minutes if you are in a
>remote area.
That might work, but it'd be likely to drive me as crazy as the deer. ;-)
>
>Sprinklers on a timer. Only takes a few seconds of water blast to run them
>off.
That might work, but I don't have an underground sprinkler system on a
timer. :-(
>
>I've seen coyote, wolf and assorted wild cat urine's for sale in our feed
>store. Not sure it's something I would want to use in areas I frequent
>though. Stuff is concentrated and really tough on the nose.
With my luck, it'd just lure those same predators right into my yard. No
thanks!
>
>He did eventually go to a
>battery operated electric fence on the lower garden.
I won't use an electric fence with all my 4-legged kids running around.
>I've had bears in my car twice and in and around the yard and trash on
>numerous occasions.
The surrounding woods is rife with black bear, but fortunately, none have
ever dared cross the hayfields between the woods and the house. I think
the dogs do manage to keep them at bay, though I did spot one on the
driveway at the edge of the hayfield last week. :-o
We do have a resident fox who has befriended one of our cats (much to my
initial discomfort). Billy and Mr. Fox have been spied napping together
on the driveway and playing together out by the barn on numerous
occasions over the last couple of years.
>I don't have a lot of modern type irises here just a few but they don't as a
>rule fair as well as the smaller ones over winter. I don't think it's the
>temps as much as the miserable month of March and early April with their
>cold wet rains..
Same here. I don't think winter's as much a problem as is the
winter-spring transition.
Thank goodness our miserable 90+ heat wave has moved off! We're back to
comfortable 70's today, and last night I actually got a bit too cold with
the window fan on. I was beginning to dream of Alaska ... or perhaps the
Arctic Circle ... last week. Now I guess I'll stay put. ;-)
Laurie
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laurief@paulbunyan.net
http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
zone 3b northern MN - clay soil
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