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Planting Under Trees - Part 9Read the article this discussion is about
This archived discussion is "read only". « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next » » Daffyclay - Barbara, Works for me. Clay Higgins, Editor: <A HREF="http Barbara,Works for me. Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils -- posted by Daffyclay » Cottage_Garden - I need to put one around the veggie garden for next year -- this I need to put one around the veggie garden for next year -- this year we had an influx of bunnies and woodchucks (again!) and either our local fox population has decreased for some unknown reason or the critters have told each other about my veggies. Barbara Martin -- posted by Cottage_Garden » Daffyclay - Barbara, I'm sure they passed along the information on where Barbara,I'm sure they passed along the information on where to get a "yummy" snack. Woodchucks, the four legged animal, not the two legged Vermont kink, can be a little testy with the fence on the ground. They have been known to create a tunnel for a few yards. I suggest you put the fence on the ground, and keep your eyes open. Woodchucks are not that really smart (the fourlegged types - two legged can be devious) and if you block there one favorite location, they may not figure out that the way is open a few feet away. It generally works because the animal's intuition tells it to dig at the base of the upright fence, and has no offensive methods (sort of like the Washington Redskins - no offense) for finding a second fence on the ground and attached to the first so they can't lift it. Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils -- posted by Daffyclay » Cottage_Garden - Sure beats standing on the deck and dropping a rock on its head. Sure beats standing on the deck and dropping a rock on its head. ;(Barbara Martin -- posted by Cottage_Garden » Cottage_Garden - (Woodchucks, not mountain men.) Barbara Martin <b><a href= (Woodchucks, not mountain men.)Barbara Martin -- posted by Cottage_Garden » Marge_Talt - Yep, Clay, I did that, but the babies could get through the open Yep, Clay, I did that, but the babies could get through the openings in that regular mesh - don't think it was chickenwire, now that I think on it - had those rectangular openings. Anyway, never had a problem with them digging under, because, as you say, they aren't the brightest of critters.Had a baby get in once, pig out on a clump of Queen Anne's Lace I'd left - they love that - and bloat its little tummy up so it couldn't get back through the fence. Well, I opened both gates and chased that critter around the veggie garden for ages - it kept going right to the corner where it had gotten it - totally ignored the open gates; just did not recognize them as a path to freedom. After it got stuck trying to squeeze through the fence, I took pity and cut the fence so it could get out. About that time, they all got too big to fit through the mesh...but it's a lesson. Baby critters can get through where the adults can't. Seems to me I buried about a foot to 18 inches of wire turned out away from the fence, not exactly flat. It does stop them as they have no way of reasoning that it wlll end and if they just moved out a foot or so, they could dig under it. So, recommended proceedure, Barbara, for keeping critters out. And, you don't have to sit on the porch 24 hours a day, waiting to drop a rock on them :-) Marge -- posted by Marge_Talt » Daffyclay - Barbara, Vermont woodchucks are the recluses that live in the Barbara,Vermont woodchucks are the recluses that live in the mountains of Vermont. At least that's what I've been told by a state policeman I know up there. Modern day mountainmen, with a surly disposition I'm told. Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils -- posted by Daffyclay » Cottage_Garden - I still don't think I'd want to drop a rock one's head. Barb I still don't think I'd want to drop a rock one's head.Barbara Martin -- posted by Cottage_Garden » Daffyclay - Marge, With my deer fence up, I collected a number of my host Marge,With my deer fence up, I collected a number of my hosta and replanted them in a "hosta" bed, behind the deer fence, and so I can see them from the kitchen window. I don't know the names, but they include white fragrant "standard" hosta, varigated hosta, and blue (some say fragrant) hosta. All mixed in together in the same bed. I haven't seen these hosta bloom in three years, or since the invasion of the deer. Now, let's see if my $6000.00 investment in deer fencing (and the stockade fence portion adds protection to my daffodil beds) pays off in that I will see hosta bloom next year. Clay Higgins, Editor: Clay's Daffodils -- posted by Daffyclay « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next » Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101 Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion. |
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