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   Frank <"frank to Drew Lawson   
   Re: Luck ran out   
   21 Jun 19 18:41:20   
   
   From: "@frank.net   
      
   On 6/21/2019 1:51 PM, Drew Lawson wrote:   
   > For the last several years, I've felt pretty fortunate in that the   
   > rabbits that I occasionally see in the lawn have never caused me   
   > any garden trouble.  The Universe caught up with me.   
   >   
   > I went out to the garden after work yesterday and saw less green   
   > than I expected.  Turns out they ate most or all of the broccoli   
   > and cauliflower.  (I'll hope for regrowth.)  Uprooted all 4 of my   
   > tomatillos, with only one being intact.  Ate and/or uprooted several   
   > of my bell pepper plants.  I'd thought I over-planted those, but   
   > probably not anymore.   
   >   
   > After I got inside I realized that I didn't know how the celery   
   > was.  I think that's because it is completely gone.  Will check   
   > this evening.   
   >   
   > They didn't get to the tomatoes or pole beans, but I don't know   
   > whether that should have a "yet" added.   
   >   
   > I'll be mixing up some deer repelant when I get home, but I won't   
   > want to be spraying that when the edible parts start growing.   
   >   
   > I *think* they can only get through the fence at the "gates," where   
   > they can get under.  So maybe some 1x8s at the bottom will fix that.   
   >   
   >   
   > My neighborhood needs more hawks.   
   >   
   >   
   May be some other critter.  In the past rabbits might get in my garden   
   but were never a big problem.  Deer can decimate a garden but are hard   
   to repel.  Any scent will confuse them at first but they get used to it   
   and return.  A friend was sold fox urine and I told her it would not   
   work but she said it worked great for a week or two but deer later returned.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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