[Magdalen] Cowboy pizza.

[Charles Wohlers]

Just finished tromping through the snow on snowshoes (hard work!) to check 
on apple trees, which seemed to be doing well. Some nibbling of twigs, but 
no apparent vole damage (they girdle the trunk under the snow, killing the 
tree). Not too much trouble with rabbits here - they tend to stay in the 
woods where there's more cover from the coyotes & foxes. Snow is way too 
deep for the deer, so they're not a problem - at least, not at this time of 
year. I do spray stinky stuff in the Fall when they're most likely to chew 
on the trees, and it does seem to work. Otherwise tree wrap & screening for 
the voles - which are by far the biggest problem.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Marion Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 4:03 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Cowboy pizza.

Well, there's Critter Ridder, but with all the snow falls and
accummulations and everything, the chicken wire is much more fool-proof
over a long winter -- when i stir my lazy self to protect the shrubs.
It's not like I don't have the lengths on hand from previous years!

Marion, a pilgrim

On 3/11/2015 2:55 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> What kind of stinky stuff do you spray to discourage the bunnies? I'd send 
> my coyote over your way, but I haven't seen him in several months. And 
> besides, you'd have to promise to send him back...
>
>> On Mar 11, 2015, at 1:38 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> We have deer that occasionally come up into the yard and nibble various
>> things....they think some of my heucheras are a salad course,
>> apparently......and we spray with stinky stuff to keep them away. It's
>> pretty effective. They haven't been around much this year, I guess 
>> because
>> we've had enough rain that their usual food sources have been plentiful.
>>
>> Now if the dog down the hill would just stay the heck out of my yard. We
>> got an air horn and I found out this morning he doesn't like it at all
>> <evil chuckle> I'm carrying pepper spray in case he gets any closer. His
>> people have disregarded polite requests.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Marion Thompson 
>> <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Deer aren't a problem in this garden, but rabbits.  Oy!  Bring on the
>>> coyotes, poor things that everyone hates or fears but not me!
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>
>>>> On 3/9/2015 9:46 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here in Pennsylvania, it's the White-tailed Deer. There are seemingly 
>>>> few
>>>> rabbits (I had those by the ton in Wisconsin). Deer will eat anything 
>>>> when
>>>> hungry, and that usually happens with deep snow. I don't see gross 
>>>> damage
>>>> from animals, yet. I am worried about so many of my exotic shrubs and 
>>>> trees
>>>> that are of borderline hardiness, however. There's been nothing like 
>>>> the
>>>> -24 F we had here about 1989, but even so, there will probably be 
>>>> damage.
>>>> Incidentally, the deer love members of the "cedar" family (more 
>>>> accurately
>>>> Thuja genus), but they don't touch Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata). 
>>>> If
>>>> you like this group, it would be the one to plant. It does get 
>>>> big...very
>>>> big. David Strang. .
>>>