[Magdalen] cat advice was -->Re: wildlife and not-so-wildlife report

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I might have a way of making the cats avoid her patio. What denomination is
this lady?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
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for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <ichthys89 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Does anyone have advice about how to keep feral or tame cats off of a
> patio (not enclosed). A neighbor in my condo-hood is having problems with
> stray cats on her ground floor patio.
>
> Lynn
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
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> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
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>
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> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:10 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] wildlife and not-so-wildlife report
>
>  Speaking of the birdie café, S/O has obtained something called "Flaming
>> Squirrel" that is intended to discourage said beasties from poaching the
>> feeder. It is added to the seed and apparently the birds don't notice it
>> at
>> all but squirrels do, and don't enjoy it in the least, although it does
>> not
>> harm them, being made solely of habanero oil. The picture on the label is
>> amusing, showing a squirrel with flames erupting from its ears and mouth.
>> We shall see how it works. You may have to enlarge the picture.
>> http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=25142
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Charles Wohlers <
>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Being rather less mobile than usual, I'm mostly viewing wildlife from
>>> inside. We've seen deer several times, and they've made their presence
>>> known in the garden, consuming carrot and rutabaga greens - which, at
>>> this
>>> point doesn't matter much. Broccoli & brussels sprouts are completely
>>> caged
>>> so they can't get at them. Now I need to decide whether or not to harvest
>>> them before we go away for 6 days tomorrow. Predicted low here over that
>>> time is 22, much colder than it's been and a bit chilly for those plants.
>>>
>>> Did see a hairy woodpecker seeing if his suet feeder was filled. Not
>>> quite
>>> yet - bears may still be active.
>>>
>>> It's been a warm fall here - after a freeze a bit over a month ago (right
>>> on schedule), we've only had two or three since. Even picked tomatoes
>>> yesterday - from volunteers which took over the greenhouse. Fall color is
>>> long gone, with only a few beech and quaking aspens hanging on.
>>>
>>> Time to corral my dear wife to help plant the garlic -
>>>
>>> Chad Wohlers
>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>>
>>>