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  • From: <eureka AT hctc.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Moats?
  • Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:47:07 -0500

Most of our pests fly in so I'm not sure a chicken moat would work. Our rooster has free range of the garden though. Fortunately we have the second largest Mexican free-tailed bat colony in the world (featured on BBC several times) nearby and our own Cave Myotis bats to keep our garden relatively free of damaging insects. We sit out there as evening falls and the bats come within inches of our faces (one even brushed my cheek last week!) eating the mosquitoes our warm bodies are attracting. It's pretty cool, not for the faint of heart.


On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:02:29 -0400
"Warren" <mogrits AT gmail.com> wrote:
I think as used on this list, a moat is just a spatial barrier. If I recall
correctly, Gene's "chicken moat" is just double fencing your garden allowing
chickens to patrol the perimeter. The "chicken moat" keeps the bugs out.




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