Re: [gardeners] skirret
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 09 Apr 1998 08:39:11
At 07:00 AM 4/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Ray is planning to put a small "cage" over his lettuce to keep the bunies
>from nibbling. The chicken wire worked wonderfully well last year over the
>pots we had on the deck. The squirrels kept burying their nuts in them,
>then digging them out - along with the plants in them!
> Barb Rothenberger in cool, damp Missouri
>
>>George, if Sleepy can't get the squirrels, why not put a bit of chicken
>>wire or hardware cloth (wire mesh) over the earth until they sprout? I've
>>done that with the more succulent (to squirrels) bulbs in the fall and it
>>seems to work fine.
>>
>>Lucinda
>>
>>>
>>>George
>>>
>>>
>>
>Barb Rothenberger
>Columbia, Mo.
>See our pictures of the Philadelphia flower show
>http://www.geocities.com/PicketFence/3257/
>
Squirrels have been busy digging in everything around here, including pot
plants on the patio and on the potting bench. It may be time to borrow the
neighbors ferret.
George