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   Frank <"frank to Boron Elgar   
   Re: Speaking of critters   
   15 Jul 21 08:49:29   
   
   From: "@frank.net   
      
   On 7/14/2021 1:20 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:   
   > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 22:45:13 -0400, songbird    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Boron Elgar wrote:   
   >> ...   
   >>> I have a double flight of stairs leading to my deck where I grow   
   >>> pretty much everything. Groundhogs are not daunted and neither are the   
   >>> raccoons.   
   >>   
   >>   for raccoons that's like setting out a plate of sardines.  i   
   >> often see them climbing.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   songbird   
   >   
   > Spot on. I put up a fence on the stairs at one point and just wound up   
   > with claw marks on the edges of the deck and it devised a way around.   
   >   
      
   Wife wanted me to block stairs but I told her it was rare to see a   
   groundhog climbing them and I know you cannot deter raccoons.  I will   
   tell her that another good reason is we may get scratches on the deck   
   which is Trex.   
      
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