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By: Saturday - Smiley and otherwise « Dances to the beet of her own drum

Saturday - Smiley and otherwise « Dances to the beet of her own drum — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:26:53 +0000

[...] showed off her garden fortifications so that they, not the possums, may enjoy the fruits of their [...]

By: MichelleB

MichelleB — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:07:13 +0000

Mole are a pest for our garden & annoying like possums. Ever since me and my hubby celebrated our 10th anniversary and he bought me a gorgeous pair of diamond earrings from http://www.idonowidont.com I bought him some new garden tools.

Hopefully he can figure out how to get rid of these annoying moles with them because they are screwing up the strawberries we’re growing!

By: Miscellaneous-Mum

Miscellaneous-Mum — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:53:51 +0000

V – that is a great suggestion thank you!

Well my short term plan has been to put an upside down bucket over the top of the plants with a brick on top of a nighttime then remove it of a daytime until we fix up the cage properly.

By: Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:49:34 +0000

You've got it well protected against nature! Jean-Luc Picard's last blog post..Halloween Hunt

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:48:18 +0000

I have always wanted to catch a wild animal in the act of destroying a garden, so I could be like HA!, and I could watch the animal jerk around with food sticking out of its mouth, eyes wide. But kind of like a character from Over The Hedge. Michelle's last blog post..Did I really join the Disney Movie Club?

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:48:10 +0000

Good luck. I’m checking back to see what people suggest. I have a problem with something digging up all my spring flowering bulbs. I think it’s squirrels.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:38:42 +0000

Shove some of those cheap solar garden lights around the edges (about $20 for 6 at the Reject Shop) and put up chicken wire. Don't know if it's available yet but they're producing artificial dingo wee to scare possums, wallabies and 'roo's off from gardens and forest areas. Read it HERE Not much else works. Jayne's last blog post..Trivial History October 30

By: jeanie

jeanie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:58:14 +0000

Oooh – I like Veronica’s suggestion.

We are lucky – we are more likely to get the snakes by nature than the possums.

Snakes don’t each as much produce.

However – snakes scare the fertiliser out of me.

jeanie’s last blog post..This Gross will Post You Out

By: Veronica

Veronica — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:53:22 +0000

Kill the possum? No? Blood and bone hung from a stocking will deter possums. They don't like the smell. And if you hang it from a sock or stocking, when it rains (or when you water) it will fertilize the garden. Veronica's last blog post..NOT the spider that was in my cleavage.

By: Miscellaneous-Mum

Miscellaneous-Mum — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:13:47 +0000

Snakes – good idea, I’ve haerd that one before.

As for lighting, we’ve tried that trick before in our endless turf wars with the possums (oh, it s a saga) and now they just shrug it off, couldn’t care less. But I will give those snakes a try I think, thanks!