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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       >                      I love it!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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