adrian raschi on tue 9 jul 02
Hi Carol You could try a plastic or papier mache hawk of some description I
think York minster uses this type of deterrent to frighten the pigeons away.
>From: Carol Baker
>Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Rabbits eating everything,too. Help!!! Gardeners?
>Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 18:51:42 EDT
>
>It is so dry in Arizona that the animals are moving into our yards and
>taking
>over. It's 114 today. The coyotes are walking along the top of my block
>fence, but they aren't getting the rabbits. Rabbits are eating everything,
>even plants I've never had them eat before. They have gotten the
>groundcovers and now are sitting up in my potted plants just munching away.
>I even saw one up on the patio furniture. I've tried Liquid Fence and
>Tabasco. Didn't stop them. Guess southwest desert rabbits like the hot
>stuff.
>
>I don't want to do anything to harm them. My yard is full of creatures and
>I
>love them. You should see my big collared lizards! Just tired of seeing
>my
>landscaping disappear. Any safe ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Carol Baker
>Scottsdale, Arizona
>
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June Perry on tue 9 jul 02
Blood meal is not only a repellant, but it's a good fertilizer. As mentioned
in a prior post, you will have to reapply it after a strong rain.
One caveat with blood meal -- don't use it too late in the season, because it
will encourage new growth on your plants that will be too tender to take the
cold/frosty weather.
Another thing to do is plant lots of patches of clover around the perimeter
of your garden. The see is cheap in bulk from your local farm co-op supply
stores, as if bloodmeal when purchased by the bag at the same place. The
bunnies will be happy filling themselves up on the clover and leave human
goodies alone -- hopefully! :-)
Also, I find that our local cottontails will decimate my bean seedlings, but
once the plant get stronger they are leaving them alone. So I now cover the
seedlings with bird mesh and remove it tally when the bean stalk get a bit
tougher.
Good luck!
June Perry
Snail Scott on tue 9 jul 02
At 01:19 PM 7/9/02 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Carol You could try a plastic or papier mache hawk of some description I
>think York minster uses this type of deterrent to frighten the pigeons away.
Our pigeons sit on the heads of the plastic hawks. ;)
-Snail
m markey on tue 9 jul 02
Hi Carol!
To discourage the rabbits, try spraying diluted alum on the plants. This is
also good for discouraging dogs, cats, and deer.
You might check with your local pet supply store, for packaged "critter
sprays."
Yes, the desert areas are really hot and dry this summer. In Yucca Valley,
we reached a record for yesterday, 110 degrees F. In fact, it was cooler in
Palm Springs than it was here! Thank goodness for swamp coolers and black
drapes for the front (southeast-facing) windows.
Best wishes!
Mohabee NakedClay@hotmail.com
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Pottery by Dai on tue 9 jul 02
> Our pigeons sit on the heads of the plastic hawks. ;) Snail
We had a plastic owl sitting in our grapevines in an attempt to keep the
damn starlings (yes, an "import", like Australian bunnies) from eating them
at harvest time. It worked for a day . However, drawing a life-size
charcoal picture of an owl on a piece of paper and sticking it up in my
window did keep a demented robin from trying to get in the window to nest.
She/he then went to another window in a repeat performance. This went on
for several days before she got discouraged, at the end of which I had 5
windows decorated with owl drawings!
Dai in Armstrong, BC, glad I'm where I can have these occasional battles of
wits with nature.
nightfire@telus.net
www.potterybydai.com
Take your work seriously---take yourself lightly. Unknown
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