Re: Human hair
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Human hair
- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 18:41:20 EDT
While reading the posts on this hair business, I remembered Jerry Baker's
take on human hair during a PBS fundraiser. "Don't use it!" said he. Not in
your garden and not in your compost. I can't remember his explanation. He's
also opposed to using dog hair in his garden potions. If you've ever seen J.
Baker or read his theories on "yardening," you know that he employs
everything but the kitchen sink in his homemade remedies. He's especially
fond of using aged human urine as a deterrent for everything from rabbits to
cats and insect pests; promising that it smells so horrible, nothing will go
near it. I always wondered how on earth the poor gardener could get anything
done with such a stench around.
I haven't any experience with human hair, but I have had success
with dog hair as a rabbit deterrent. It's helpful underneath fences and
around the property line. Chipmunks don't like to cross it's path either. I
haven't tried it around plants but I suppose it would work the same way. Not
the most attractive remedy.
Oh, I recall a woman saying she went to her hair
stylist's every week to pick up all the hair trash. She used it as a deer
barrier, as Lee Ann told us. Recycling at it's best!*
Now, if anyone has difficulty
obtaining dog hair, let me know. Two collies produce more than I'll ever be
able to use. I think it odd that the dogs themselves are less effective as a
deterrent than their combed out hair. One last thing, the hair loses it's
potency after a a few weeks and/or a lot of rain -- at which point it becomes
just what the bunnies like to use in building new dens!!
Holly
Zone 7
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