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vivaciousviv
Joined: 08 Jan 2008
Posts: 86
Location: Lot Valley
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 Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject: They've eaten my cabbages! |
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The pesky little Rabbits made a daring night time raid on my wired off veggie patch last night and gobbled up all my cabbages and two asparagus plants  We thought we had dug the chicken wire in far enough but obviously not. Any other remedies? OH is talking about mines, those aparagus were dear to his heart.  Viv |
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Tarka
Joined: 21 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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join the club , last year i planted over 50 sun flowers and ended up with 1 
Still love all the animals  |
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vivaciousviv
Joined: 08 Jan 2008
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Location: Lot Valley
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| Oh it is just so annoying OH will have to get out there this evening and strengthen the defences. Trouble is some of them are hares, not rabbits and they are really strong. Groooaaaaan. Viv xx |
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Spana
Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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Location: North Cornwall
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Are they going under or over. My veg garden has 4ft high wire all round, its not dug in but laid out along the ground about 12 inches out, like L, to stop them digging under. I used to see the rabbits run at the fence and go straight up and over the top into the veg garden untill OH added an extra bit like an overhang to the top, like L upside down. That stopped 'um
Shame about your plants but its not too late to start again with the cabbages  |
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vivaciousviv
Joined: 08 Jan 2008
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Location: Lot Valley
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Hmmm they are going under, I think,  OH has placed large lumps of stone around the perimeter fence and this morning no damage  However......when I went out this morning there was a deer in the field and it was having a munch at my broad beans....aaaargh Viv xx |
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Spana
Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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Location: North Cornwall
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:47 am Post subject: |
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| vivaciousviv wrote: | | However......when I went out this morning there was a deer in the field and it was having a munch at my broad beans....aaaargh Viv xx |
Thats a more difficult one  I had a look round a wonderful veg garden some years back and they had blocks of coal tar soap hanging every where. The owner said the smell stopped the deer from going in. |
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Loudmouth Schnook
Joined: 01 Nov 2005
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Location: Back, Isle of Lewis
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| And then there's the chickens... We've tried to chicken proof the veg patch, but the scots greys still can fly high enough! they love any sort of brassica.... |
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kated
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
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Location: norfolk
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I remember that my Mum used to use a product called Renardine which kept everything off. Rabbits, cats etc and when she soaked the seeds in it the mice kept off as well. I have just found out that our nanny government has stopped the use of that as well as all the other useful stuff out there.  |
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Spana
Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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Location: North Cornwall
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| kated wrote: | | Renardine which kept everything off. . |
You're right there, I does pong I've still got a can of it which I keep for emergencies. |
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Auntie Katie
Joined: 27 Oct 2007
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Location: Cambridgeshire
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I didn't think you smelt that bad Spana!  |
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Spana
Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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Location: North Cornwall
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| Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Auntie Katie wrote: | | I didn't think you smelt that bad Spana! |
You are taking advantage of the family connection Auntie Katie |
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