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dear virginia, well maybe i'm lucky , maybe
i'm blessed, and yes some crops get utterly destroyed at times, yet in the 25
years in this one small place , there is awesome abundance there 's plenty of
raspberrys , birds have never been a problem, in fact i mourn the loss of
species that i've seen over the years. usually for me if there is an insect
problem, it means i've got to do things differently, or rotate to a new place, i
can't imagine giving up gardening, just hope when or if i get to old to garden,
i'll live with someone who still does., I'm only saying that if you can't grow
apples , try a different crop. or explore new techniques.
:)sharon
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 3:35
AM
Subject: Re: Field Broadcaster
Dear Sharon,
You are most generous and I imagine
unruffled even when the corn plants you have sweated over are all broken, your trees are
continually browsed or the fruits that you've waited
for are strewn all over the place before they even
mature. While they may eat some, the damage they cause is
to an extent that some people have given up growing a garden
altogether. Too bad, because gardening is immensely therapeutic and
healing. For animals, there are wild plants in abundance which may be
much more healing for them.
Virginia
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 11:11
PM
Subject: Re: Field Broadcaster
the solution has always been to plant enough
for the animals, animals come when they need healing and perhaps your
greater service to the world is to help them. ? in the world around us ,
they are being crowded, perhaps their appearance is a message. to help them,
not discourage them. I remember having a problem with something eating
something in the early years and it really seems to be a matter of
balance, although that is very hard to explain, just that one must plant
extra or allow extra for nature and nature will care for you.
:)sharon
-- --- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 9:23
PM
Subject: Re: Field Broadcaster
Louise,
Several rabbits weree romping and eating my
plants earlier in the season. However, we have not seen them for a while. I
suspect a predator has made a meal of them.
When we thought our vegetable garden was safe, a groundhog took the
rabbits' place in spite of an electric fence. (Incidentally, the
fence couldn't keep the rabbits away. They didn't seem to get
shocked.) Someone told me groundhogs will move away if one pours or
aims urine into the hole they go through. Too late now for the
squashes which have all been eaten.
This pest story truly happened an hour ago. We have a grape
vine against the house on a metal arbor. The arbor is a bit
awkward to net. My son came to tell me there's a raccoon on the
arbor. I didn't believe him, so we got a flashlight and true enough,
it was perched eating bunches of grapes and unmoved by four people shooing
him off. My husband got the hose and directed it full blast on
him. He scampered above the trellis to the stucco just below the
gables, trying to run sideways as the water followed him.
Suddenly there was a big thump on the cement and away he ran.
Now I know who has been eating my grapes. He must have found
the Swenson Red grapes tasty even before
they are ripe.
I can continue with my deer
troubles...
Today, I started making the kites as per
Gil's instructions (see the archives, January 21, 2002). I made two
pairs of cedar crosses (half-jointed and dimensions from Gil) that will
form the framework for the kites. I actually enjoyed making them.
Tomorrow I will be winding the copper wire to form the kites. I hope
to finish these before the animals raid the Asian pears.
Virginia
- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002
4:04 AM
Subject: Re: Field
Broadcaster
I want to keep rabbits off my property,
away from my plants and out of my life...how do I make
contact
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