Post #807524 by MrBaliHai on Sun, Jan 22, 2023 10:28 AM

Love the idea of an electric fence, but all my plants are part of landscaped areas spread across 3/4 acre, so kinda impractical to string it up.

And at the risk of derailing the thread even further into screeds on gardening, pests, and firearms, we are also restricted to shooting downwards in our township to make sure we don't accidentally take someone's eye out or even worse, one of their psychotic yapping little dogs. There's a lady in our 'hood who walks her tiny terrier 5-6x daily, in all weather, and that animal is the most high-strung and vicious little monster I've ever encountered. She has to hold him while he barks, snarls, and tries to squirm free every time someone walks past them. Time for doggie tranquilizers, I say.

I've thought several times about getting a high-powered pellet gun for varmints, but firearms of any kind are strictly verboten in our home for reasons I won't go into here.

I have been successfully trapping rabbits for a couple of years now and release them 5-6 miles away on the other side of a river so they won't come back. I think the little bastards were doing more damage to my plants than the deer.

As for rodents, I've got 'em all: shrews, voles, mice, chipmunks, rats, and some that are probably unknown to science. I've used the desiccating baits to good effect, and I also use a 5-gallon bucket, filled halfway with water and covered with oiled sunflower seeds on top. I put a wooden ramp on the side of the bucket and just sit back and watch them literally leap into the water like they're diving into a deadly swimming pool.

Don't even get me started on moles.