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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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