Deer and gardens

Terry Coombs · 2016-07-03T12:30:16+00:00

Are not a good mix . Went out last night to water , found the tops of many of the field peas nibbled off . I bought an electric fence setup , but haven't taken time to install it . Gotta get on that before they eat it all . I thought it was rabbits , but they don't crop the tops . I was hoping they'd hold off until I pick the blackberries , they're kinda crowding the tomato cages . Oh well , looks like I'll be losing some of those in the interest of saving more important stuff . Not like the whole countryside isn't covered with blackberry bushes , but these I've kinda kept cut back so I can get at the fruit . I'm also having a problem with probably armadillos , not sure how to handle that short of a night or two without sleep ... I know they're digging for worms and grubs , but they could find a better place to do so . Found they've dug up a couple more pepper plants , a habanero and one other that I don't know the type , I just call them hot red cones . I'm not sure if they'll respond to the 'lectric fence or not . Gotta get the weedwacker fixed first and cut down the vegetation where the fence will be . Tomorrow , today is "get the washer and dryer moved" day .