[TheForge] one garden for humans and one garden for critters ( was Re: (no subject))

[peter fels]

A deer in the garden, is a volunteer for our freezer.
In the fall, when we are the only green stuff for miles,
they circumvent deer deterrents.
But i think we must have a big cat in the neighborhood '
cause there have been few deer for a couple of years.

On Apr 22, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:

> I don't have too much of a critter problem here in suburbia.
> 
> I wonder, though, whether those of you far from prying eyes might not do
> better to make fences the critters can get into but not out of.  That, plus
> a silent alarm and a rifle should make short work of them.  Probably illegal
> in many places, though.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:32 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>wrote:
> 
>> hello jerry
>> 
>> i totally understand. i have had apple trees striped of their bark by
>> deer. the deer do come right up to the garage to see what is available
>> to eat.
>> 
>> i have gone over to using chicken wire and t-bars to keep the critters
>> out. i have a fence for the dogs which does keep the deer away until the
>> deer figures out the dog cannot get to them. at that point the deer do
>> what they want.
>> 
>> i have been through enough pain and suffering that i have adopted a
>> live-and-let-live attitude, at least with critters.
>> 
>> while i do not wish anyone ill-will, there are many obits i would enjoy
>> reading.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 21 Apr 2011, Jerry Smith wrote:
>> 
>> Terry,
>>> 
>> 
>> I plant my farm land for food stuff crops far away from the house and
>>> plant my household garden near the house. So far to this day the deer just
>>> ignore the signs I put up, including the ones that say that Firearms in Use.
>>> If it wasn't for the dog being out off and on during the day, the deer would
>>> come right up to the back door. They did that before I got the dog.
>>> 
>>> Jerry
>>> 
>>> 
>> --
>> terry l. ridder ><>
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> Bruce
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