nails4u2c Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I am thinking ahead about garden season. We are planning on a tiered garden this year, maybe four levels. My question to you is...What have you found that helps to keep all the critters away (large and small) I have used spinners and aluminum plates that bang and blow in the wind (my back yard looks like a carnival) and that seemed to help the year before last, but last year we put a fence up and I think the animals thought it was for them to graze in. Any great new ideas or suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 We find that ammonia works well. We tie bits of cloth at nose level and keep them sprayed or put it in plastic bottles with holes in the top part. So far liquid fence has kept the deer away from my crocuses this year. The renewal rate is less often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSTeach Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 OUrs is at the edge of the field. I joke that I leave the weeds in it, so the animals can't find the plants, lol. We have found that marigolds around the edge seem to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokefree Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 I don't have amonia. Would bleach work? I just fed the chipmunks 7 tomato plants last night and I don't want to do that all summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildflowerpa Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 planting marigolds keep the bugs and critters out of ours. we did a border around the garden. Course when it was time to pull the seeds we had two five gallon buckets of just seeds no seed pods just seeds. Anybody and everybody that had marigolds for miles around had seeds from us. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mungaknuts Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 mouse traps with peanut butter should catch chipmunks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JenMc32 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Human hair works well on deer and other animals. Tie it out on stakes in small nets near the garden....my dad swears by it. You can get it by calling about any salon and asking them to save you some of their clippings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I've heard of shaving a strong smelling soap and hanging it in panty hose too around the garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokefree Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Well I sprayed all my plants with a mixture of hot sauce, beaten eggs, and garlic. Sprinkled Blood Meal around the edge of the garden. Then I covered them with sheets and pillowcases in case of frost. I can't wait to uncover them this morning (after 8am) to see if I succeeded in keeping them safe. LOL Non-gardeners at work can't understand why I care so much. It's only a few plants. It is not like I have a farm. LOL There is just something so great about picking a tomato out of your own yard and sitting there with a saltshacker....................... Oh yeah, I also planted Marigolds. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Marigolds won't work where we live. I planted them in my porch boxes this year and something is eating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I don't have amonia. Would bleach work? I just fed the chipmunks 7 tomato plants last night and I don't want to do that all summer! Probably anything with a really strong odor works. Ammonia is as irritating to animals as it is to people so the never lose their fear of it as they sometimes do with other things. Bleach should probably work too but be really careful with it. Ammonia seems to be fairly harmless to plants. I think bleach would not be. The best thing is that fine plastic netting. I stretched it over all of the broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and cabbage transplants this and I haven't lost one so far. I usually have to replant most of them. I've also used chicken wire, tomato cages laid end to end, tents build with plant trays and milk jugs with the bottoms cut out. Actually tomatoes and peppers grow very well in the latter for awhile. Take off the lid for ventilation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bub Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I've been brushing the dog the past few weeks and putting the hair around the edges of the garden and have not had anything bothering it since. I have watched the deer come within 20 feet but back off after getting a nosefull of dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mungaknuts Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Rabbits chewed right through my plastic construction fence I have around the garden got home this evening and there he was sitting in there ready to munch of some lettuce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildflowerpa Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I saw on a gardening show that irish spring will kekep deer away also a n egg 4 cups of water and a teaspoon of Dawn to spry around the garde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bub Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I put a 2 foot rabbit fence around mine then a 5 foot plastic fence and so far so good this year but I have had deer jump the fence in the past and it does not take them long to destroy a lot of hard work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelnut Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 This is our second year of using Liquid Fence on my flower beds, it's worked great. Though the price went up this year. I buy the concentrated because it is much cheaper to mix it yourself. We have to have an electric fence for the veggie garden or we'd be spending way too much on Liquid Fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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