Subject: Re: Help! Racoon is Destroying My Garden... From: RCFlyr <fsvcrv@whro.net> Organization: WHRO (whro.net) Date: Wed, 17 May 00 08:45:33 Message-ID: <MOD$000516.18325@rec.gardens.ecosystems> References: <MOD$000515.7940@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
nerv wrote:
> Greetings All, > > My heart is breaking. Every day I lose several plants (perennials, veggies, > shrubs, potted plants...you name it!) to the racoon (could possibly be the > skunk but I'm pretty sure it's the racoon). My garden is gradually being > destroyed. I've tried spreading hot pepper around, also moth balls. I've > placed wire mesh gaurds around my plants and secured those to posts driven > into the ground, but he/she just tears those up too. I have a Scarecrow > sprinkler....it is activated by a motion detecter...doesn't phase him/her. > Tonight I will set a live trap...maybe if I can catch the critter a couple > of times it will be too scared to come back. I don't want to relocate it in > case it has babies. I'm all out of ideas. Does anyone have any advice? It > would be greatly appreciated. I'm brought to tears nearly every day as I > watch my cherished plants be destroyed one by one. > > Regards, > > Yvonne
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Get a dog, that may help. (not a chihuahua, obviously), or you could rig an
electric mesh fence around the garden. A solar powered fence charger should
cost around 90 - 100 bucks , plus fencing and pole insulators.