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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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 Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 2:56:46 PM
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Just discovered something has been nibbling on our squash... right through the rind to the meat. But not too much. I mean, if a pest is going to eat and ruin something, why not eat the whole thing?!
I figure it's the same type of creature who's been digging holes all over our yard and garden.
Any ideas? I know we have rabbits and skunks, maybe moles, too, around here... just don't know which one it is. What would ward off these pesky animals?
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 4:00:13 PM
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All the above I have one eating any thing above ground I think it is a rabbit.
Diana
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2010 : 6:24:56 PM
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Rabbits love squash. Try onions diced up and sprinkled around, or dog hair from the groomer. Both have worked well for me. Also, plant onions all over your garden when your plantin and it will keep them out.
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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Posted - Sep 17 2010 : 07:21:15 AM
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Excellent tips, Angela! Thank you! My dog needs a bath anyway... perfect reason to give her one and groom her afterwards! And I wanted to plant onions next year anyway, so another good reason.
We ended up just picking the Buttercups... they were all mature anyway, so we figured we'd just do it. Pumpkins are still out on the vine since not all of them are totally orange yet. But I'll remember those tips if they start getting nibbled on, too!
"Only two things that money can't buy, that's true love and homegrown tomatoes."
- Guy Clark
"The man who has planted a garden feels he has done something for the good of the world."
- Charles Dudley Warner |
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HDA
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heidi
Hood River
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Posted - Mar 21 2011 : 10:01:44 PM
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| I'm bumping this topic up because this is another problem I want to solve this year. Last year I planted a pumpkin patch & I was SO excited about it. I had several HUGE pumpkins I was just waiting to turn orange. I went & checked on them every single day. Then one day I went out & some critter (I think a squirrel or chipmunk) had eaten some of each one! I don't want this to happen this year. Has anyone come up with a good way to protect an individual pumpkin or squash once it starts forming? I want to expand my pumpkin/squash patch this year (hubby got me a new cutest baby rototiller ever for my birthday so ha ha I'm going to go crazy tilling new garden space! Little does he know the monster he created...) |
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