Re: bugs 'n things

> From:          "Pumpkin Flower" <PUMPKNFLOWR@email.msn.com>
> To:            <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Subject:       Re: bugs 'n things
> Date:          Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:21:03 -0400
> Reply-to:      pumpkins@mallorn.com

> If a goafer is the same as a wood chuck , they are big trouble. Very
> distructive, once planted the entire veggie garden , went up to the house
> for lunch. When  we came back the little buddy had eaten and or ripped up
> almost every thing.
> We got a 22 also . A large dog can be of help , but I wouldn't mix the two.
> Ta Ta 4 Now,
>                  Pumpkin Flower


A gopher is not the same as a wood chuck.  Here in Mpls. we get the 
woodchucks, rabbits, and deer.  My brother up north has gophers and 
he's gone the .22 route (he has found in "shoot-offs" that women out 
shoot the men by a pretty wide margin!).  I've tried most of the 
commercial pest deterrents (above and beyond fencing, which is 
utterly ineffective against a hungry deer).  The most efffective and 
cheap method that seems to work that I've come across was by Jerry 
Baker (it's in his books so I assume I can attribute it to him).  It 
is kind of gross, but very effective!  I will write about it after a 
"page down" so the more sensitive  readers wont be offended.
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Anyway, Jerry Baker says:
As most of us know, animals (predators) 'mark' their territory, and 
lesser animals (prey) tend to avoid those areas like the plague.  
Well, man is the "ultimate" predator....  He suggests getting a 
gallon milk jug, a funnel and use it as a urinal.  Keep it capped, 
and let it age a while (the longer the better, but I have found that 
even a week works well).  I have 2 caps, one to seal and the other 
with holes to work like a "sprinkler".  I go around (after dark, 
obviously) and "mark" the perimeter of my territory (read garden).  
It really seems to work!!!  Granted you need to refresh it every so 
often (after rain, etc.), and the smell will remind you of the local 
porta potty (during application, not so bad after it dries), but it 
is cheap and effective.  Plus, it always gives me  an excuse to have 
a couple of beverages when I'm running "a little low" or the roses 
start to get chewed on..... 


P.S. No,  I don't rub up against trees too.
-John
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