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How can I keep raccoons away from my apple tree?
Comments (24)This is a very old post but I would just mention that where the OP lives, killing raccoons is illegal and any trapping must be done only with live or Hav-A-Hart traps. And then you have the issue of what to do with the trapped coon........ Electrified fencing is effective and relatively easily done. Friends who lived almost in downtown Seattle - a highly populated urban area - had a small fish pond in their entry courtyard that was decimated by nightly visits from raccoons until they installed an electrified fence around it. Urban dwelling raccoons are highly adaptable and intelligent animals. And with few natural predators aside from cars and the occasional dog. I live in a much more rural area very close to Seattle and raccoon issue are much less of a concern here as the coyotes keep populations in check (as do cars....too many raccoon bodies along the side of the road). I rarely have any issues with raccoons in my garden but the deer are another problem altogether!! And do far more damage than any raccoon!!...See MoreHoya ears
Comments (20)I do talk to my plants, but I don't think they're listening. That doesn't stop me, though. As several of you have described, there are complex relationships between the plant and animal kingdoms that we have yet to fully describe. I know that a plant is stimulated by a wind or a whirring of bird wings as surely as by a human whisper or vibrating word/sound. I once heard a mystic speaking a poem about how he had begun as a mineral, and had died to become a plant, and then simple animal life, to finally become a Human. He asked, What has death ever lost him? To go a little off-topic, I think that Humans are much healthier when we are immersed in greenery. Certainly we are a benefit as stewards to our houseplants, but I think that we gain far more from them than they do from us. Gardening is therapy, indeed. And, for me, it is also natural communion - worship. I attend no organized Church - I worship only in the Green Chapel. I believe that this connects me to our most primal myth, that of the Garden of Eden, when we were but children as a species, delighting in the world for the first time, naming things for the first time, and scarcely differentiated from the earth, the plants, and the creatures around us. Thanks for the thoughts everyone, and thanks GG for the room to ramble. Josh...See MoreHedge to hide guardrail
Comments (1)Pun alert..... It is always better to hedge your bets on a mass planting. If you have all one species a disease or pest can wipe out the lot. Also a bit of variety will improve the attraction for birds and other wildlife. So I'd say go with the hollies. And maybe some other things deemed suitable for the spot....See Moresomething magical about manure that makes it better than compost?
Comments (89)"Gardengal48 used an argument that manures are contaminated and refused to admit we eat our meat and dairy products from some of these animals." John, you need some reading comprehension courses!! AT NO time did I ever state that manures are "contaminated" nor did I ever "refuse to admit" that we eat meat or dairy products from these same animals. I merely stated that not all manures are approved for certified organic farming because much (most?) livestock will receive regular medications in the form of dewormers or internal parasite treatments as well as antibiotics and vitamin supplements. Selenium is a routine supplement for livestock, especially cattle. And these additives will be passed through to the manures as well. No one called you an idiot or a moron. We only remarked that you took one small issue and blew it out of proportion as well as ignoring all the other very sound and science based information and advise in favor of defending your own very narrow viewpoint. What you don't know or refuse to acknowledge is making you look foolish, as are your oft repeated misstatements....like the one I highlighted. Get over it!!...See Moresnowcountry
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