Marigold Destruction

It's a dog , a very ferocious dog with big teeth . Actually , Max (Doggus Maximus the Handsome Hairball) thinks there is no such thing as a stranger , just a lot of friends he hasn't met yet . This is an old breed , originated in the Appalachians way back in colonial days . They were bred for herding , hunting , and protecting the family and stock . They're smart and headstrong and it's a constant thing to remind him he's not the boss . And as long as he's by my side there's nothing out in these woods that I fear .

Adolf?

Okay, not Adolf

Dogs are such loving spirits.

:-)

He better bury the fencing three down or critter will burrow under it?

Had a customer with a green house that kept getting raided. He finally solved the issue by using stone tile on the floor. Gave the little fellow a headache trying to get to the surface. Chuckle.

Where I live,those little s*it-eaters are unaffectionately known as "shark bait", although, tradionalists and some purists insist on reserving that term for kittens. No deer to speak of in these parts but the neighbor's pet hog occasionally gets into my stash of alfalfa pellets and makes a huge mess. Rabbits are more likely to be the culprits snackng on garden truck around here. I am owned by six?sometimes seven?cats who do a creditable job of keeping the local tree rats at bay while leaving the bunnies largely unmolested. The last time I saw unsupervised deer, they were quietly gazing in the right-of-way alongside U.S.19 a few miles north of Clearwatwer, FL, very early one morning about twenty years ago. I stopped fooling with margolds when I saw through the myth that marigolds control certain soil-dwelling nematodes. Nowadays, I introduce store-bought nematodes that eat them. One fellow, a couple of miles distant, and who clearly has been in these woods far longer than I has his entire garden (well. five sides of it) encaged in what appears, from drive-by distance, to be chain link fencing. No wildlife is going to disturb that garden!

It's a "southern" dog? Growl at all northerners, but does not remember why?

:-)

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hardware mesh underneath if you have diggers like gophers. we have some that will dig a little to get under a fence (rabbits and groundhogs), but if i leave them their bolt holes to get through then i know where they will be running for to get out when i get the air-rifle out. so i can lead them...

glad to hear from you Derald!

songbird

?enough. Deer have no fear of cats.

We were having problems with critters invading the garden so we bought a mo tion activated device that hooks up to the hose and noisily squirts a strea m of water when activated. It can be adjusted for range of squirting, from straight ahead to over 180 degrees and set for night, day, or both. Very se nsitive; we both got squirted when coming too close to the garden after dar k.

Paul

?enough. Deer have no fear of cats.

a motion activated device that hooks up to the hose and noisily squirts a stream of water when activated. It can be adjusted for range of squirtin g, from straight ahead to over 180 degrees and set for night, day, or bot h. Very sensitive; we both got squirted when coming too close to the gard en after dark.

I love it!

We have pocket gophers and moles but bhoth are uncommon; besides, cats do a superb job of mole control. Also we have a terrestrial tortoise commimly called. "gopher tortise" or simply "gopher" that burrows amd can damage roadways and building foundatioins but I've no knowedge of goirtoise damage to gardens or farmlands. Ictims of "progress" and of "improvement" such tortoises now a protected and must be relocated if their presence conflkicts with human activities. We have several of those here witth us ad, years ago, we marked three with spra paint. Those appear to roam over a narrow range and to live a long time. Over past twenty yearws, we've re-painted all of them at least one time because the sandy soil abrades the pait away. Insects, rabbitsand raccoons are more likely the sources of garden damage here: The bugs and the bunnies eat stuff and the raccoons dig holes around the periphery?just inside?seemingly just for the hell of it. Bt and "nolo" control the most vociferous of the bugs; house/yard cats keer the rabbits at bay; and we bait the raccoons away from the garden to an established feeding station. Killing or relocating the cute little bastards only increases their number. Raccoons are easily habituated (which is not to say "tamed") so I keep them fat and happy with the lowest-priced dry dog food from Aldi's. I hope you can live with the typos. I've enjoyed two strokes since August 2018 and belive when I say that recovery, w3hat there is of it is a stone bitch. Haven't been near the garden since August,'18 and, as I told 'bird in email, my haneds behavew as if thedy have minds?but not brains?of their own. Happy Memorial Day weekend to y'all aaaaaand happy wedding anniversary to ME! (May 26)

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aww! sweet! congrats to you both! some people are lucky to have found a good partner. :)

songbird

Yep. 30 years ago, after a 16-year test drive, she proved to be tough enough to put up with my bullshit; something even I can't do, from time-to-time....

Hey! I haven't had a single stroke and still type 20 times as much as you!

:'(