Posted by Jim DeWitt on September 18, 2010 at 1:27 AM
This bad boy and his twin brother, with their mom, were pillaging my neighbors' garden when I came home tonight. Probably a total of 2,500 pounds or so of garden pests. You can see the garden was lip-smacking tasty.
'Tis the pillage season, isn't it? I'm always amazed how accurately they can recognize the moment of peak ripeness... and the day before humans plan to harvest a garden.
You're probably the one who would know about this: How do moose respond to electric fences. We've used them successfully for cattle, horses and bears, but found they were a disaster with elk. The blooming things charge straight forward in their panic, taking the fence with them.
I'm almost afraid to ask. What's the white stuff in the background?
LOL!
and I thought our rabbits, skunks, raccoons, caterpillars, and neighbor- kids-swiping-the-tomatoes was bad!
sandy r
Posted by Jim DeWitt on September 20, 2010 at 12:51 AM
Electric fences deter the kids, but not the adults. We tried them with our bird feeders.
The white stuff is the ground tarp you put over a garden in these parts to protect the perennials in seasons with little or late snow. It's clear and 60+ outside; that's not snow yet.
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4 repliesYou're probably the one who would know about this: How do moose respond to electric fences. We've used them successfully for cattle, horses and bears, but found they were a disaster with elk. The blooming things charge straight forward in their panic, taking the fence with them.
I'm almost afraid to ask. What's the white stuff in the background?
and I thought our rabbits, skunks, raccoons, caterpillars, and neighbor- kids-swiping-the-tomatoes was bad!
sandy r
The white stuff is the ground tarp you put over a garden in these parts to protect the perennials in seasons with little or late snow. It's clear and 60+ outside; that's not snow yet.
Whew!