Quail Control
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- Subject: Quail Control
- From: S* M* <7*@CompuServe.COM>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 22:22:44 -0700 (MST)
Jan Hueller wrote:
: We live in a rural area with lots of wildlife, which makes life
: interesting. Our biggest concern is the Gambrel quail which have found
: our iris babies, buds and blossems to their liking. We have tried many
: things to discourage them, the latest mothballs, but came home the other
: day to find our Happy New Year blooms all chewed up.
If you can't beat 'em -- and quail are certainly creatures of habit -- try
something more tempting than iris. All of the local quail, including the Gamble
quail, much prefer whole grain milo to iris. Their feeding station is about 5
feet from the last row of iris beds and they leave the iris completely alone IF
they have plenty of grain.
Sharon McAllister (73372.1745@compuserve.com)
Whose southern New Mexico garden also teems with wildlife
