Protecting Your Crops

Started by Solar, October 15, 2012, 03:07:36 PM

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Quote from: Eyesabide on March 10, 2013, 10:49:39 PM
This must have been a joke or tounge in check suggestion.
No it wasn't,,,, the trapper guy told me about it.....he said I should get it and nail it to my deck sides and bury the rest 8 inches in the dirt so when they dig to get under, they stop because it shreds their feet....
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Eyesabide

It is curious. I shall continue to search.
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mhughes

We've got a big woodchuck problem here.  All I have to do to keep them out is make sure my fence is slightly harder to get into than my neighbor's.

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Quote from: mhughes on March 12, 2013, 09:15:27 AM
We've got a big woodchuck problem here.  All I have to do to keep them out is make sure my fence is slightly harder to get into than my neighbor's.
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Good idea, kinda like putting a sign on your lawn proclaiming your neighbors homes are gun free zones.
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Quote from: Solar on March 11, 2013, 05:26:08 AM
Concertina wire can be stretched. A 300' roll can be stretched to 600', or as little as 50', making passage of smaller animals difficult.

Personally I hate the stuff, it's virtually impossible to work with, it's brutal on animals that tangle up in it, not to mention it destroys you clothing, gloves and even cuts your boot laces.
I've quit using barbed wire for the same reason, even been taking it down where I put it up 20 years ago.

Barbed wire doesn't really belong in this discussion, methinks. It was designed for penning cattle and (secondarily) horses, and is effective because it injures them in their forelegs and chests, very sensitive areas. Smaller critters, like groundhogs and raccoons, walk right through it -- or under it or over it.

Concertina wire? Razor wire? Seriously? For pests and raiders dog-size and smaller? I think no matter how I arrange the razor wire around my vegetable garden, I'm gonna be a bloody mess when I make it to the kitchen with a mess of sweet corn.  :tounge: :tounge: :tounge:
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Quote from: TboneAgain on March 19, 2013, 04:41:04 PM
Barbed wire doesn't really belong in this discussion, methinks. It was designed for penning cattle and (secondarily) horses, and is effective because it injures them in their forelegs and chests, very sensitive areas. Smaller critters, like groundhogs and raccoons, walk right through it -- or under it or over it.

Concertina wire? Razor wire? Seriously? For pests and raiders dog-size and smaller? I think no matter how I arrange the razor wire around my vegetable garden, I'm gonna be a bloody mess when I make it to the kitchen with a mess of sweet corn.  :tounge: :tounge: :tounge:
That's why I'm taking all my barbed wire down, it's bloody cruel, Period.
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Eyesabide

Actually, the concertina/ razor wire was a possibility suggested while we are trying to figure out what "Razorcloth" might be. I am still searching, and it might be some kind of fiberglass mesh or roving.
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Quote from: Eyesabide on March 20, 2013, 09:36:57 PM
Actually, the concertina/ razor wire was a possibility suggested while we are trying to figure out what "Razorcloth" might be. I am still searching, and it might be some kind of fiberglass mesh or roving.
I thought razor cloth is a plant?
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Eyesabide

I don't know what it is, I am just searching about.
I get different leads from different sources. Razor cloth  is so far elusive.
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Solar

Quote from: Eyesabide on March 22, 2013, 12:36:21 PM
I don't know what it is, I am just searching about.
I get different leads from different sources. Razor cloth  is so far elusive.
Here's a razor plant, but I think someone was mistaken calling something razor cloth.
But if you're trying stop critters from digging under, try laying some shop cloth, or just 1/4" wire mesh.

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My crop is eggs. My pest is a large hawk. I wish him to go away like raccoons do with fly bait and coke. Prefer quiet or stealthy methods as state or federal intervention is pricey.

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Quote from: Honeyphil57 on April 24, 2013, 04:13:42 PM
My crop is eggs. My pest is a large hawk. I wish him to go away like raccoons do with fly bait and coke. Prefer quiet or stealthy methods as state or federal intervention is pricey.
The hawk is a protected predator and carries a stiff fine and jail time of caught worrying or trying to injure it.

My brother went to the Army surplus store and acquired some camouflage netting, very durable, and no bird will get through the roof after he covered the coop area..
He was having trouble with owls at dusk.

The netting was about 30 x 30 feet, heavy netting with phony leaves, looked realistic.
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Buying netting is a bit cheaper than jailtime

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Quote from: Honeyphil57 on April 24, 2013, 07:25:35 PM
Buying netting is a bit cheaper than jailtime
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Good point.
I think he paid like $ 30.0 for it, they had a lot to choose from.
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Eyesabide

stringing clear fishing line over an area can help deter hawks from dive bombing in and grabbing up chickens without messing up the view. If a hawk does get though, it is not trapped, but learns it is difficult to get its prey out.  Animals tend to not waste energy if they don't have to. Some marinas do this to keep seagulls from picnic areas, and the statue of liberty has thin wire over their picnic area for gulls and pigeon deterrents
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