Coyotes have taken up residence in my yard
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
14 years ago
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Comments (22)I forgot to mention, if you do decide to use a trap, don't leave it open overnight. Groundhogs are out early in the morning and late in the afternoon/evening, so I would set my alarm for 6am, go out and open the trap, then close it before dark. I learned the hard way that you will catch things you don't want to catch if you leave the trap open overnight. I got a skunk the first night I put the trap out. Luckily, I had a brave friend who wasn't afraid to open the door to let the skunk out. The trap was quite small (I thought at the time it was something small eating my garden), so the skunk was crammed into the trap and couldn't lift it's tail. I then got good advice here to just leave the trap open during the day. I also got a bigger trap when I saw the groundhog in my garden! He wasn't fitting in the little trap....See MoreHoney Bees have taken over my salt water pool
Comments (23)It's not just salt water they want. We have a fresh water pool and it's not so much the water, but the white pipe around the return from the pool filter. My husband made valves where the water returns to the pool with 2 different shut offs. Depending how you adjust them one pipe returns the water directly in the pool. One has a spray head that sprays the water into the air over the pool to keep the water cooler in the summer because it gets way too warm if not. We live in South Texas, enough said and with adjustment it also makes water run down the slide.. The honey bees congregate all around the center of that pipe and more and more keep coming. Last year it was the white stair rail going into the pool, however we've been blessed so far, they are not aggressive at all. When I hook up the pool vacuum, I have to have my face ,hands and arms right in the middle of them swarming around me to get it hooked up and they haven't even attempted to bother me, Thank God!! I was a little concerned at first, but so far so good. Anyway, just saying, it's not the salt....See MoreCoyote melon/coyote gourd as a groundcover
Comments (5)Here is a picture of the original melons/close up of the leaves. I'll post a picture of my plant as soon as I can get out and take some pictures. Here is a link that might be useful: Coyote melons...See MoreMole has taken up residence in my SFG. Help!
Comments (6)Moles are insectivores; he's after the worms and bugs in the soil. Damage to plants is incidental; he won't eat them, but he may damage roots while going after bugs. Voles, however, sometimes use mole holes and they can do a lot of damage. How big is your garden? Could you dig him up and put him in a bucket and take him elsewhere to relocate him? Putting chicken wire or hardware cloth on the bottom of any future garden boxes you build will keep digging critters from getting in, though it's a little late for your current boxes unless you want to empty them, put on the wire and then refill them....See Moremorz8 - Washington Coast
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