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   Message 39,141 of 40,484   
   RosemontCrest to All   
   Re: Marigold Destruction   
   20 May 20 15:29:21   
   
   From: rosemontcrestwinery@post.com   
      
   On 5/20/2020 3:23 PM, T wrote:   
   > On 2020-05-18 18:30, songbird wrote:   
   >> T wrote:   
   >>> On 2020-05-17 04:31, RosemontCrest wrote:   
   >>>> 3) Deer. It is common for deer to chomp the tops off flowers, taste   
   >>>> them, then discard them if not tasty enough. Deer    
   ave no fear of cats.   
   >>>   
   >>> One of my customers uses a radio controlled toy car to   
   >>> chase deer.  Deer don't fear yip dogs either.   
   >>   
   >>    with a night scope and a flash bang of some kind   
   >> that could be fun.  mini-tank with big bore spark   
   >> shooting noise maker.  :)   
   >>   
   >>    in the end though a fence would be cheaper and   
   >> nice to keep the ticks away.  we've already found   
   >> two deer ticks this year (not by them biting us)   
   >> in the house brought in on clothes after working   
   >> in areas where they come through the yard.  i   
   >> wrap the lil buggers in a bit of toilet paper   
   >> and then chop them with scissors to make sure   
   >> they are dead.  they're very hard to kill.   
   >>   
   >>    hunting them in the fall would be good if i   
   >> could bring myself to do it, but i'm not that   
   >> hungry yet.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>    songbird   
   >>   
   >   
   > Deer will jump of a 12 foot fence.   
      
   Possibly. Deer can jump great heights.   
      
   > The trick is   
   > to make sure they can see what in on the other   
   > side and they won't attempt it   
      
   The trick is to make sure that they can NOT see what is on the other side.   
      
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