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   Re: Marigold Destruction   
   21 May 20 19:02:32   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2020-05-21 07:12, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 6:23:39 PM UTC-4, 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   
   have 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.  The trick is   
   >> to make sure they can see what in on the other   
   >> side and they won't attempt it   
   >    
   > We were having problems with critters invading the garden so we bought a   
   motion activated device that hooks up to the hose and noisily squirts a stream   
   of water when activated. It can be adjusted for range of squirting, from   
   straight ahead to over 180    
   degrees and set for night, day, or both. Very sensitive; we both got squirted   
   when coming too close to the garden after dark.   
   >    
   > Paul   
   >    
      
      
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