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["Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>]

I also forgot to mention that my garden has more than normal amount of 
bunnies.  I have domestic rabbits and a few got loose and have formed a 
"wild" warren that consists of the domestics and a few extra wild ladies. 
The domestics I can still pet.  The whole bunch will follow me up and down 
the paths as I walk.  So, you can say I'm an "expert" when it comes to bunny 
damage.  lol  Marigolds DO work.

Wendy


> Well then, I'll just buy more marigolds <g>  I buy buckets of them for the
> porches because of the mosquitoes, so now I'll just spread them around.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wendy" <crazygardens AT verizon.net>
>
>
> > Lynda,
> > I have found that anywhere I plant marigolds NOTHING bothers.  No voles,
> > no
> > bunnies, no deer.  If I plant green beans without marigolds, nothing will
> > survive.  Something will always crop them to the ground before the beans
> > even come on.  Same with green peppers.  Without marigolds I find vole
> > diggings throughout.  With, not a one.  I buy marigold plants already
> > started for this because I want the plants up before the beans do.  If 
> > you
> > have facilities to start them yourself, it would be a big money saver.  I
> > grow in raised beds.  I plant the dwarf marigolds about every foot around
> > the edge and a row of giants about every two feet down the middle.  Looks
> > cool too.
>
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