Katza wrote:
> Any suggestions on how to deter/prevent moose in the garden?
>
> We live just the other side of Windsor Lake, and I just had one come
> and look in the kitchen window at me!! It was headed for the vegetable
> garden, so I chased it away with a camera...
>
> We often get them in the fall when they like to dine on the cabbages
> and Brussels sprouts. But not usually at this time of year.
>
> What about electric fence? I have some I was going to try setting low
> down for rabbits, but would it work up high for moose?
>
> Does anyone have any experience with other methods?
>
> Thanks!
>
There's little that will deter a moose that I know of. I can't see an
electric fence doing it by itself. If you're gonna put up a fence, just
put up a real one. The fence as a barrier (six feet high) will deter the
moose. Even a good split rail fence would work.
Granted, you may not see them that often. They're roaming now, but that
will stop soon enough.
As for the rabbits, you don't need to waste the electricity. A four foot
chicken wire fence will keep them out. I hammered in some driveway
stakes five feet apart and stapled the chicken wire to the stakes and
did it tight to the ground so it was impossible to get under it. (You
can dig down an inch or so to bury it if the rabbits appear determined.
I never had the problem).
I eventually took down the chicken wire fence cause I realized the
rabbits won't eat everything. So, I'm doing trial and error to see what
they like to eat and then I use PVC plastic tubing and a net to cover
the individual beds.
Here's a pic showing my celery with the net laid back so that I can weed
the bed:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2685170690075871767GgfpZV?vhost=good-times
Potatoes are in the 30 L pails at the top of the photo. The rabbits
didn't appear to have any interest in them or my tomatoes, corn or peas.
The net has a double function of keeping the birds and cats outs. I
bought the net from leevalley.com (the one with the smaller holes) and
got enough from one net to cover 12 beds. I just put a few nails in the
side of the bed and loop the netting to them.
For my turnip (and related plants), I can lay a floating row cover over
the tubing to keep the flies out (which lay their eggs on them and you
end up with white maggots killing the young plants).
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We must change the way we live,
or the climate will do it for us.
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