I have a small organic vegetable and fruit garden in my yard. I don't want to hurt any animals, just keep them out of the area and from eating my small crop.
2006-09-05 13:13:55 · 11 answers · asked by jackrrabitt 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Can you afford fence around your patch? No barbed wire, but small holed, wire fence would do. If you use plastic fence they will chew thru them like hot knife thru butter.
Or, get hold of some thorny bushes, longer the thorn the better - spread them around the perimeter of the patch. First put down something sturdy about 3' apart. How large is your veg. patch - make it strong enough for them not to climb over.
No traps or any tricky things, OK?
I love animals. I hate to see them hurt.
2006-09-05 13:26:40 · answer #1 · answered by Nightrider 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
moth balls, baby powder, cayenne pepper, ground cloves or clove oil, human hair, dog or cat hair, fox urine (yes, you can buy this), put a thin line of laundry soap around the garden...they don't like the smell
chicken wire fence might help...but they can always climb over that
plastic owl or plastic snake statues
hang aluminum foil pie plates on a string...clothesline fashion, so they'll make some and scare them away. Will not work forever though...they'll get used to the noise.
Good luck...eventually they'll try to get in again and you'll have to come up with new methods to stay ahead of the game. ;-)
2006-09-05 14:34:52 · answer #2 · answered by redneckgardendiva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicken wire and some small stakes to cage you garden in and pests out. the sell it in the garden department at the major home repair places. a 2 foot high by 25 foot long piece is about 15 dollars. you can tie it up with string or staple to some small posts
its kinder that poisoning them or trying to trap them. you may have to place some top to keep out raccoons and squirrels though.
2006-09-05 13:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by CWB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure how humane it is, but you might try cayenne pepper. It's great for keeping cats from using flower beds for a litterbox. However, I heard somewhere that it can cause sinus infections. Another idea is to feed the animals and hope they won't go to the trouble of raiding your garden with "easy pickin's" available.
2006-09-07 11:46:25 · answer #4 · answered by benloughmiller@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tight the barbed wire with spikes or no spikes with the Battery(12V) positive only around your kitchen garden, u will get rid of these animals without harming them as soon as they touch the wire they get current with jerk so........
2006-09-05 18:43:24 · answer #5 · answered by soleh laharwal KING 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a rat terrier or jack russel terrier is what used on farm hoping you don't mind the gifts they leave at your door step other than that chicken fence string some cans with some sinkers to make noise scare them away.
2006-09-05 16:24:21 · answer #6 · answered by ghostdog506 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken wire purchased at a large home improvement store.
2006-09-05 13:21:04 · answer #7 · answered by sickcured? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blood and bone meal they hate the smell rabbits anyway and ita an organic fertiliser but has no Potassium
2006-09-05 17:25:57 · answer #8 · answered by mark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an electric fencer. I keep squirrels out of my pecan trees with one. See photo at http://www.pecanworld.com/SQUIRREL.htm
2006-09-06 15:01:15 · answer #9 · answered by doug1kid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a cat.
Love, Jack.
2006-09-05 13:49:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋