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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.

RCFlyr sed that!!