I half-heartedly transplanted kale and mustard greens in one of the beds (the one on the far left) last weekend, but the resident woodchuck (not yet in semi-hibernation) crept up and made short work of them. Hhrmph.
If it's not the herbivorous squirrels (who knew), the major herbivores (big-time) are woodchucks.
OK, I AM a wildlife gardener, but this is getting tiresome.
I came across a 'gardening tip' today that vanilla extract (the real thing) sprinkled on lettuce leaves was a woodchuck magnet (that's according to Sharon Lovejoy, in Trowel and Error) -- it may be worth trying in my Havahart trap!
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Maybe vanilla will help with the deer as well.....though I don't have a Havaheart trap....just would like to lure them away.
Looks great. I had mice that devoured my sweet potatoes I had curing in the garage, so I hear your frustration! Some of them looked like little sweet potato hammocks the way they ate them.
I still need to plant my garlic! Eek.
I have trouble with those fat furry groundhog fellows too--they ate my borage, my fennel, Jerusalem artichokes, chicory, and are always munching on the violets, which I don't mind as there are plenty, but they are the reason I can't have a vegetable garden, and I refuse to shoot them even though I am sorely tempted sometimes. However, I found that they don't like black pepper. Dusted on and around plants I don't want them to eat seems to keep them out of those places in the garden! I buy it by the big pound cans and scatter it around every couple of weeks.
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