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  • From: "breck" <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Test
  • Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:49:45 -0400


I seldom see a rabbit in my garden and I put plant trays under a couple of
drip lines at the head of the row for a water source plus there is a pond
200' away. My new lines had many little punctures this past week. I'm
guessing a small animal like a vole.
Breck


-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibbiblio.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Robinson
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 6:00 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Test

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:01:33 GMT, cjmaness AT juno.com wrote:
> We haven't had any rain since the hurricane 2 weeks ago.Even then most of
> that moisture missed us. So, water, water, water. And, whatever it is that
> chews on the drip tape is doing it again, so I can't simply turn the water
> on. Oh no. I have to walk each and every line, making repairs every 10
feet
> or so.

I'm guessing the rabbits are chewing the tape because they need the water.
If you can't get rid of the rabbits, I wonder if creating some small water
troughs in your fields might solve this--it would give them an easier
source, and might cut down on the chewing. Last October, which was extremely
dry here in Massachusetts, I was losing lots of raspberries because the
yellow jackets were eating the tips out. I watered more, and got the leaves
wet, and they started drinking that, instead of raspberry juice.


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Richard Robinson
http://www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/







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