Pesky varmints!
Return to DiscussionsUp close and personal as I was as while thinning the veggies in the garden yesterday evening, I noticed that some of our snow pea plants had been gnawed down to the dirt by what we have assessed as the rabbits we see fornicating commonly around our little yard. Those bitches! Luckily we had some small-hole netting around and I took a few minutes last night to put some of it up around the periphery of the 3x12 garden bed. I didn't buy that seed and put in the effort just to have those proliferating shits chomp down all the work! Will it stop them??? Will the plants already chomped come back from what little green is still above the mulch? What a drag.
I'm considering other options if the netting doesn't work, things like hot pepper sprinkled around or other repellents. I've been told 'Repel All' works well but we are also big bird watchers with half a dozen feeders up, and that stuff works on the feathered beasts as well, so that's no good. Any other suggestions from you unclothed vegetators??
Would kind of enjoy seeing what rabbit tastes like but we're not allowed weapons at our nude resort.
To end on a better note, G saw our first hummingbird of the year last night, yay! Here's spring, finally.
Y'all are very helpful with your comments and suggestions, thanks. Unfortunately we have criteria here inside the resort about using certain types of fencing, meant to keep the place looking nice for everyone, and chickenwire is one of the no-nos. If you look closely at the pictures you'll see the fencing we were allowed to use, mostly put up to keep the doggy from bolting after one of the varmints when they happen by when Mom's visiting with Jethro. He's fast!
The netting seems to be holding so far, though I know the skwewy wabbits and others can bite through if they wise up enough to figure that out. My hope is that they'll feel challenged enough by the new fence additions that they give up and head to the dropped birdseed instead.The squirrels can gnaw through just about anything if they have the time and find the patience. There's so much birdseed on the ground under the feeders - why can't they be satisfied with that? I suppose a rounded diet is always more appealing? I'd rather save the arugula and collards for us two-legged sort ~
As to using weaponry, once again, living at this lovely nude resort has it privileges, but using any sort of gun is not allowed, unless its bullets come from a spigot. We and our garden are within eyesight of the office, so even if we had an appropriate firearm (guns are forbidden here) we'd be unable to add meat to our stew pot from the critters. Even so, our herb garden does boast some items that would nicely assist in the flavor of game. That's if the little humpy fuckers stop trying to dig those up as well!
Up close and personal as I was as while thinning the veggies in the garden yesterday evening, I noticed that some of our snow pea plants had been gnawed down to the dirt by what we have assessed as the rabbits we see fornicating commonly around our little yard. Those bitches! Luckily we had some small-hole netting around and I took a few minutes last night to put some of it up around the periphery of the 3x12 garden bed. I didn't buy that seed and put in the effort just to have those proliferating shits chomp down all the work! Will it stop them??? Will the plants already chomped come back from what little green is still above the mulch? What a drag.I'm considering other options if the netting doesn't work, things like hot pepper sprinkled around or other repellents. I've been told 'Repel All' works well but we are also big bird watchers with half a dozen feeders up, and that stuff works on the feathered beasts as well, so that's no good. Any other suggestions from you unclothed vegetators??Would kind of enjoy seeing what rabbit tastes like but we're not allowed weapons at our nude resort.To end on a better note, G saw our first hummingbird of the year last night, yay! Here's spring, finally.
Actually spraying a hot pepper pepper solution on your plants or sprinkling cayane or chili powder on your garden isn't going to affect the birds. As they don't have saliva glands.
Companies that sell birdseed mixes soak their seeds in it to deter squirrels und the like from eating the seed.