Garden 2006 - Page 5

wolf · 06-13-2006, 12:37 AM

Things to try:

1. Cat fur. Stuff it into the woodchuck's hole. The one that the beast dug, not the female woodchuck's hole. That might be dangerous.

2. This.

warch · 06-13-2006, 10:21 AM

Trap.
Rock up the entry/exit holes (for me it was a garage one year, a porch the second...)
Drive to Wisconsin.
Toss into ravine.
Repeat.

I have some noisy-ass crows that tempt me to rethink my position on gun ownership. They think my bird baths are their personal killing fields. Regularly I find them dunking bagels, or creating a lovely soup from some slaughterd baby bird. Ick. That's not the zen garden I envisioned. Blam!

In the home plot, I just put in some stumpy carrots, some fennel, some chard, detroit red beets, and I am trying some bush beans in a random back spot, to see if I get any quantity- it might be too shady.

I am trying some natural bug pest guard- cottonseed and rosemary oil. Hmmm.

Undertoad · 06-13-2006, 10:58 AM

Import natural predators. If Jack can tree a bear,...

footfootfoot · 06-13-2006, 02:22 PM

So far, I'm most enamoured of Wolf's # 2 suggestion, it's the gearhead in me I suppose.

I am going to trap it with a have a heart trap and then I am going to relocate it as per my wife's desires. (relocate it somewhere off this mortal coil, or to woodchuck camp, or to the bottom of the creek)

I have also been carrying on a harrassment campign which includes firing the paslode through the spaces in the porch floorboards, (emotional satisfaction really) I'm hoping for the have a heart trap since I live surrounded by neighbors and the only high vantage point (for downward shooting) does not have a good sight line of the holes. If I could find a nice supressor for the .17 or .22 that would take care of my other concern about shooting in the village.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-13-2006, 06:58 PM

I have several of those 77s......a two liter supressor is cheap.

footfootfoot · 06-13-2006, 07:26 PM

a little research and it seems all the really good things are illegal.

wolf · 06-14-2006, 01:28 AM

Only if you're caught.

Katkeeper · 06-14-2006, 06:30 AM

I got rid of a woodchuck a couple of years ago by trapping it. Afterwards a friend told me that the best way to discourage them is to put used cat litter clumps at the entrance to their holes. I can send you lots of clumps if you need them!

Griff · 06-14-2006, 08:20 AM

My uncle uses that to get rid of trespassing bow hunters, works beautifully!

footfootfoot · 06-14-2006, 09:27 AM

Thanks Katkeeper, we're plenty stocked w/ clumps.

Undertoad · 06-18-2006, 07:04 PM

Sorry about the size of these huge garden images.

Or, enjoy. This is the new 8x5 bed and as you can see it's happenin'. From top, it's 4 brussels sprouts, 2 rosemary, 1 sage, carrot rows and at lower right is a jalapeno plant. Not visible are beets and a row of marigolds along the edge.

Pearl checks everything out and here you can see the tomato staking operation

The brussels sprouts are really impressive, in how fast they're growing.

The herbs are slow to start, but the spinach is taking off.

The first tomato. It's so early for this. We are going to have hundreds.

footfootfoot · 06-29-2006, 10:04 PM

Chuck update:

Caught him /her after a tip from an informant pointed out cherry tomatoes as bait. CAught in less than ten minutes.

He didn't even realize he was in the trap.

SWMBO got all peta on me and insisted I release it. So I drove it to the part of the state froest where I saw a Barred owl last year. Not to mention the fox and coyotes...

plthijinx · 06-29-2006, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Chuck update:
SWMBO got all peta on me and insisted I release it. So I drove it to the part of the state froest where I saw a Barred owl last year. Not to mention the fox and coyotes...

LMAO and slap my knee!! I love it!

Griff · 06-30-2006, 06:28 AM

cues Disney Lion King theme...

Undertoad · 07-03-2006, 05:41 PM

Garden enjoys all this rain. Carrots are about half done.

Large bed doing well. Lower half carrots, upper half brussels sprouts, in between are rosemary and sage and beets.

and jalapeno.

The other beds. the bare-looking one is mostly herbs and they are slow to take off. The spinach has taken yellow after all the rain. I fed it.

Beets. Not doing great, I think this is because I used a low grade of seed. Live and learn.

The worst problem is that the tomatoes have aphids. I have been using an organic approach to this problem so far: I pick them off by hand. This has kept it under control but I don't look forward to continuing the job all summer.

06-13-2006, 12:37 AM	#61
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Things to try: 1. Cat fur. Stuff it into the woodchuck's hole. The one that the beast dug, not the female woodchuck's hole. That might be dangerous. 2. This. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-13-2006, 02:22 PM	#64
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	So far, I'm most enamoured of Wolf's # 2 suggestion, it's the gearhead in me I suppose. I am going to trap it with a have a heart trap and then I am going to relocate it as per my wife's desires. (relocate it somewhere off this mortal coil, or to woodchuck camp, or to the bottom of the creek) I have also been carrying on a harrassment campign which includes firing the paslode through the spaces in the porch floorboards, (emotional satisfaction really) I'm hoping for the have a heart trap since I live surrounded by neighbors and the only high vantage point (for downward shooting) does not have a good sight line of the holes. If I could find a nice supressor for the .17 or .22 that would take care of my other concern about shooting in the village. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-13-2006, 06:58 PM	#65
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I have several of those 77s......a two liter supressor is cheap. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-13-2006, 07:26 PM	#66
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	a little research and it seems all the really good things are illegal. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-14-2006, 01:28 AM	#67
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Only if you're caught. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-13-2006, 10:21 AM	#62
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Trap. Rock up the entry/exit holes (for me it was a garage one year, a porch the second...) Drive to Wisconsin. Toss into ravine. Repeat. I have some noisy-ass crows that tempt me to rethink my position on gun ownership. They think my bird baths are their personal killing fields. Regularly I find them dunking bagels, or creating a lovely soup from some slaughterd baby bird. Ick. That's not the zen garden I envisioned. Blam! In the home plot, I just put in some stumpy carrots, some fennel, some chard, detroit red beets, and I am trying some bush beans in a random back spot, to see if I get any quantity- it might be too shady. I am trying some natural bug pest guard- cottonseed and rosemary oil. Hmmm.

06-13-2006, 10:58 AM	#63
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Import natural predators. If Jack can tree a bear,...

06-14-2006, 06:30 AM	#68
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	I got rid of a woodchuck a couple of years ago by trapping it. Afterwards a friend told me that the best way to discourage them is to put used cat litter clumps at the entrance to their holes. I can send you lots of clumps if you need them!

06-14-2006, 08:20 AM	#69
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	My uncle uses that to get rid of trespassing bow hunters, works beautifully! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-14-2006, 09:27 AM	#70
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Thanks Katkeeper, we're plenty stocked w/ clumps. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-18-2006, 07:04 PM	#71
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Sorry about the size of these huge garden images. Or, enjoy. This is the new 8x5 bed and as you can see it's happenin'. From top, it's 4 brussels sprouts, 2 rosemary, 1 sage, carrot rows and at lower right is a jalapeno plant. Not visible are beets and a row of marigolds along the edge. Pearl checks everything out and here you can see the tomato staking operation The brussels sprouts are really impressive, in how fast they're growing. The herbs are slow to start, but the spinach is taking off. The first tomato. It's so early for this. We are going to have hundreds.

06-29-2006, 10:04 PM	#72
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Chuck update: Caught him /her after a tip from an informant pointed out cherry tomatoes as bait. CAught in less than ten minutes. He didn't even realize he was in the trap. SWMBO got all peta on me and insisted I release it. So I drove it to the part of the state froest where I saw a Barred owl last year. Not to mention the fox and coyotes... __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-30-2006, 06:28 AM	#74
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	cues Disney Lion King theme... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-03-2006, 05:41 PM	#75
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Garden enjoys all this rain. Carrots are about half done. Large bed doing well. Lower half carrots, upper half brussels sprouts, in between are rosemary and sage and beets. and jalapeno. The other beds. the bare-looking one is mostly herbs and they are slow to take off. The spinach has taken yellow after all the rain. I fed it. Beets. Not doing great, I think this is because I used a low grade of seed. Live and learn. The worst problem is that the tomatoes have aphids. I have been using an organic approach to this problem so far: I pick them off by hand. This has kept it under control but I don't look forward to continuing the job all summer.

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