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Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat
- From: Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:02:24 -0400
I have a 300 acre farm that is over a mile long. We used to catch and release the raccoons from one end f the property to another. Not the best solution when you think about what the neighbors might have to deal with. That said it was a humane way of treating them. They are necessary scavengers (until the population explodes). We started marking them about a year later. Our raccoon population never went down and for a time we had been giving them to a local dog trainer that trained coon hounds. That had dried up and our horse population (we board horses in addition to crop and produce and beekeeping) was increasing. Raccoons are not good to have around gardens and definitely not good to have around horses, especially when they begin defecating on bales of hay. So we have started using fly bait and coke in a coffee can. They do not get more than fifty feet away before they are dead. It may go against some folks' sensibilities but it works and works well. We have barn cats and farm dogs and they will not go near it. Raccoons love it and it kills them. I absolutely LOATHE killing animals without a need but raccoons area a carrier of EPM, can be a carrier for rabies, and they ruin crops, defecate on raised beds with fabric, and ruin bales of hay. Its the most simple solution to an ever increasing problem for those of us near urban areas that do not deal with the pests and all but encourage them to breed and flourish. Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 (513) 967-1106 On Aug 23, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Wyatt Jones wrote:
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[Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat,
Erin Bullock, 08/21/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat, Andy Fellenz, 08/21/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat, Willie McKemie, 08/21/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat, Road's End Farm, 08/21/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat,
Richard Robinson, 08/22/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat, Richard Stewart, 08/22/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat, Ken Bezilla, 08/22/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat,
Wyatt Jones, 08/23/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat,
Richard Stewart, 08/23/2009
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[Market-farming] Raccoon Bait,
Marie Kamphefner, 08/23/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Raccoon Bait, Richard Stewart, 08/24/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat, Bobbett, 08/23/2009
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[Market-farming] Raccoon Bait,
Marie Kamphefner, 08/23/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat, Bobbett, 08/23/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat,
Richard Stewart, 08/23/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat, Wyatt Jones, 08/23/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Vegetables that deer don't eat,
Wyatt Jones, 08/23/2009
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[Market-farming] Bt and different kinds,
jay sleichter, 08/24/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Bt and different kinds,
Bill Shoemaker, 08/24/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Bt and different kinds,
deberryemail-website, 08/24/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Bt and different kinds, Bill Shoemaker, 08/25/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Bt and different kinds,
deberryemail-website, 08/24/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Bt and different kinds,
Bill Shoemaker, 08/24/2009
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[Market-farming] Bt and different kinds,
jay sleichter, 08/24/2009
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