How to safely repell Geese on my front yard?
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Oh, Deer. Need ideas for my front yard.
Comments (14)Deer are also eating my monarda this year. I know deer eat different plants in different regions, but I can list what has worked well for me here. What they have not eaten or browsed only lightly: bachelor's buttons, nigella, larkspur, campanula, cosmos, zinnia, marigolds, petunia, cleome, sweet william, campanula, foxglvoe, monkshood, butterfly weed, verbena bonariensis, agastache, yarrow, peonies, siberian iris, bearded iris, clematis, sweet peas (tehy did eat my edible pea plants though), salvia, veronica, rudbeckia, hardy geraniums, echinacea, liatris, astilbe, coralbells, foam flower, pachysandra, vinca (annual and vine), joe pye weed, obedience plant, brunnera, ajuga, sweet woodruff, ligularia, japanese painted fern, christmas fern, ostrich fern, helleborus, trilliums (nibbled), virginia bluebells, thalictrium, anemonella, canadian ginger, aruncus, spireas, wigeleas, boxwood, fothergillia, lilac, caryopteris, butterfly bush, some hydrangeas and some viburnums. Daffodils, alliums and gladiolias and dutch iris were not touched. Lilies seem to be a favorite though....See MorePicture of tree I selected for my front yard
Comments (43)"Surely you aren't implying that this mistaken planting position is justified by solar angle? " "I'm not taking a position as to whether the OP tree needs to be moved or not, that is up to the owner and what their priorities are." Not at all, I just don't think I need to "instruct" the OP, as many have done so already. Even if planted so close for shade, a columnar or near columnar tree is not a good candidate for shade. I was just adding that sun angle is an additional consideration that must be taken into account that has been overlooked. Many making statements about distance from a structure, and effective shade are from much further north and therefore with a much different sun angle. However many will do as they see fit regardless of what others believe, and sometimes it's just not worth chasing any longer. Sorry, if I made you think that I was agreeing it was good placement. I do not see it as good placement, but I can see why the OP may have thought that it was. Arktrees...See MoreCat Safe Flea Repellent
Comments (8)I'm guessing the DE isn't helping because of the rain. The vet said that the Advantage takes awhile to work through their system, too. (I didn't treat prior to last week when I noticed they got bugs). I am still finding one or two on my cats when I comb them. There might have been a little "user-error" with the product, too. My one cat used her back paw to scratch the medicine the second I applied it, distributing it across her fur. (I washed her paw as well as I could right after this so she wouldn't lick it). I have to wait 30 days to retreat at which time I'll make sure they don't touch it. My one cat loves getting combed so I can get her thoroughly and the other I'm only able to get a few pass-throughs. I've got DE nestled into my carpets right now in case of emerging eggs. I haven't noticed any in the house and have been doing the vacuum-a-million-times ordeal. Yes, I have wild animals around here. I had a woodchuck living under my front deck (cats are in the back). I haven't seen him in the last couple of weeks. I bought a trap to catch him but got distracted catching the stray cat and then the woodchuck disappeared. We also had an infestation of moles in the early part of the season (which was what lead me to get the DE to begin with). They've all been exterminated early season by the cats as far as I can tell. Wouldn't these still be dropping fleas in the kennel, though?...See MoreHelp for my sorry front yard (8a)
Comments (6)Honestly, I feel a bit sorry for people who have a hatred for English ivy (Hedera helix) because it is so darn useful. As I have said many times before on this forum, I have managed large amounts of it over many years and could not be happier that it existed. It is work-horse plant capable of transforming and beautifying large shaded areas. (it would not be the plant I recommend for a small area, though. Nevertheless, I've seen needlepoint holly used successfully in some quite small areas.) On top of that, where it grows it is easily available so basically free for the taking. I understand that for those who don't know how to manage it, it can become a total PITA, but as I look at it that's just a small learning curve. Pachysandra might be a good plant for you then, Birdman. While liriope spicata is very good looking in the right spot, I wouldn't recommend it here. How would you keep it out of the lawn? I don't know its shade tolerance. I can't see that Liriope muscari has any use for you in the way of a groundcover for the yard. It's better in a smaller bed where you can plant it solid .... say like in that retained area next to the walk that goes to front door. Just a note about my sketch .... I'm not trying to show you THE correct scheme. As you can imagine, landscaping can have some complexities and I can't show or explain them all in one simple sketch. I'm just trying to show you a general idea about how to arrange the major and secondary elements. All these things need to be worked in a plan (plan view --- bird's eye view) before work commences, in order to know that things work, calculate quantities and for a guideline to follow when actually doing the work....See Morerhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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