Re: Other animals in the garden
- Subject: Re: Other animals in the garden
- From: Tony and Moira Ryan t*@xtra.co.nz
- Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 11:17:02 +1200
> Gunnar Dath wrote:
>
> Hi,
> here in Greece I do not think that we have goofers or anything
> like them for that matter.. however, I often find large holes dug in
> the ground in my garden. They are always dug during the night. Often,
> but not always, this animal digs near plants that are being watered. A
> particularly irritating animal has dug up the soil around a newly
> planted plum tree.. I believe I have found it standing there with half
> its roots bare on at least 5 mornings this summer, but it hasn't
> suffered as far as I can tell.
Hi,
I don't think I can help directly with the problem of deterring whatever
is digging up your garden, but I have suggestion that might help some
people, in some places, to /identify/ whatever is causing this kind of
damage.
What I have in mind is to obtain a "motion sensor", such as is used for
household security lights, and hook this up to a flash camera,
preferably one with auto wind-on (or the digital equivalent). If this
set-up could then be arranged to cover the likely "victims" and left
switched on overnight, there is a reasonable chance you would then get a
photo of the intruder actually at work ("The rat with the flour on it's
nose" as Moira always quotes!). Of course, you might just get a film's
worth of stray passing cats etc, or - depending on the circumstances and
location of your garden, you might have the camera stolen!
Tony
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Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ. Pictures of our garden at:-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
