Gardening ..again

[SOLANCO]

I have heard to use a wire mesh on the bottom of your raised bed to keep mice and moles from eating your plants. Never tried it myself, always forget the wire when building a box.

Don't know that the buried wire would be very long lived. Maybe a cat or two would be better. There are raptors here and I watched a hawk chase a mouse on foot between the raised beds. Yes he did get it.

 

[snakebit]

Don't know that the buried wire would be very long lived. Maybe a cat or two would be better. There are raptors here and I watched a hawk chase a mouse on foot between the raised beds. Yes he did get it.

Sometimes the good guys win

 

[Eutycus]

Sometimes the good guys win

Happened to be looking out my window last September and saw a pretty good size hawk in my "redneck birdbath". Its actually the lid off of an Igloo cooler but the birds like it.Heck why not?, it is for birds.

 

[snakebit]

Happened to be looking out my window last September and saw a pretty good size hawk in my "redneck birdbath". Its actually the lid off of an Igloo cooler but the birds like it.Heck why not?, it is for birds.

That is a big hawk.

 

[Eutycus]

That is a big hawk.
I'm sure the chickens ran for cover.

 

[Eutycus]

Has anyone had any luck with those plastic owls that you put out to discourage varmints. Like a scarecrow, I guess. I realize it must be moved around but even then it doesn't seem to scare anything. They make good Halloween decorations.

 

[SOLANCO]

Has anyone had any luck with those plastic owls that you put out to discourage varmints. Like a scarecrow, I guess. I realize it must be moved around but even then it doesn't seem to scare anything. They make good Halloween decorations.

Useless. Have seen tweety birds sit on the owl's head.

On the other hand, a barn cat ran away from a toy stuffed dog. Go figure.

 

[Eutycus]

Useless. Have seen tweety birds sit on the owl's head.

On the other hand, a barn cat ran away from a toy stuffed dog. Go figure.

Luckily I didn't have to spend a dime on the three I have, they were given to me I even have the deluxe model that has the "spinning" head. Right, useless.

 

[johnraleksa]

Luckily I didn't have to spend a dime on the three I have, they were given to me I even have the deluxe model that has the "spinning" head. Right, useless.

I bought mine for crow hunting. That and a recording of a owl fighting with crows would bring in near by crows. Only time that owl Halloween decoration worked for anything.

 

[snakebit]

We use one mostly because my wife's dad gifted it to her years ago. Kind of a tradition to put it out there now.

 

[Eutycus]

I had one up in a huge oak tree. My young great niece was scared to walk under it, so I guess kind of work at least once.Just not on varmints!

 

[Secesh]

Has anyone had any luck with those plastic owls that you put out to discourage varmints. Like a scarecrow, I guess. I realize it must be moved around but even then it doesn't seem to scare anything. They make good Halloween decorations.

Never had any success using plastic Owls.

We have more Kestrels than Hawks around our neck of the woods but they do not give us any trouble but I have watched a rooster whip a Hawks arse on two occasions.

It is the Coyotes that keep me busy. We lost 7 roosters last year to those devils.

 

[Eutycus]

We had a Great Horned Owl that hung around a few years ago. I haven't seen or heard it lately but the stray cats sure seemed to thin out.

 

[snakebit]

We had a Great Horned Owl that hung around a few years ago. I haven't seen or heard it lately but the stray cats sure seemed to thin out.

 

[Eutycus]

You people do realize that I'm replying to my own thread merely to put it back on the "Latest Posts" list and hoping some gardener will spot it. Not because I have anything really to say.

1 month later and ditto.

 

[snakebit]

1 month later and ditto.

Your plan is working out nicely. I've picked up a couple good pointers already.

 

[Piquant]

My cherry tomatoes are flowering. About the only excitement in my garden this morning.

 

[Eutycus]

My cherry tomatoes are flowering. About the only excitement in my garden this morning.

You must have planted very early, Greenhouse?

 

[Piquant]

These came from a local nursery which came from the LSU agriculture, I believe but not sure. I put them in ground on March 12.

 

[snakebit]

These came from a local nursery which came from the LSU agriculture, I believe but not sure. I put them in ground on March 12.

You guys are lucky. Was 26 degrees overnight here last night. I haven't even tilled yet.