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RE: The joy and sorrow of this year's corn.

in Homesteading3 years ago

Damn, that's frustrating! Here we don't have deer but we have gangs of Mousebirds, which are basically flying rats and they decimate vegetable and fruit gardens. Luckily I have very active cats that keep them away. Seems you need to get your dogs on the case or something

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Neat looking birds, but terrible what they can do to your crops! Locally we have crows and bluejays, but the crows tend to stick to the multi-acre farmer's fields nearby, and the bluejays don't take too much (though they are the reason I put netting on the strawberries and blueberries!)

I just have one dog here, and he's getting too old to chase away the deer; he barely even comes that far up the hill anymore, preferring to stay in the driveway area where there's more people (with treats). I've considered replacing him, but don't really have time to train another dog right now.

Darn, it's true that dogs need training. Luckily cats just need to be themselves to get the job done