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  • From: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: nafex@egroups.com
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Nocturnal Diggers?
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:46:21 -0400

Hi,

Thanks for the skunk tip...

Should I feed it and hope it leaves my plants alone, or is there some way to
deter
it? Hopefully a means that does not involve me washing the dog with tomato
juice
in the morning.

I can see why moth balls would not offend a skunk. 9^)

Regards,
Tom

"victoria l. caron" wrote:

> Guess what Tom, I may be wrong, but it sounds like you have a skunk. I had
> one
> eating dry cat food at my door, within ten feet of my tied, 120lb., nasty
> German Shepherd, so I guess they don't mind dogs or are smart enough to
> figure
> out how far they can reach..................vic
>
> Thomas Olenio wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I do have a question for you, but doubt whether it has to do with ribes
> > directly.
> >
> > I put in ribes this spring, filling the holes with 50% rotted silage, and
> > mulched them in with 3" of clean straw, and then capped that with some
> > cedar mulch (some only got cedar mulch).
> >
> > With all the rain this season they have done very well.
> >
> > The problem is that some animal is now pawing through the mulch 2 1/2
> > months later, pulling it away from the plants during the night. As the
> > plants are starting to sucker, I do not want the suckers destroyed. The
> > pawing looks like very delicate work, and not something as clumsy as a
> > dog's digging.
> >
> > I am in a sub division, but close enough to fields, wooded areas, and a
> > river to hit them with a good stones toss. So this could be varmit
> > trouble, or could it be a cat?
> >
> > Any ideas on animals that like to paw through mulch? What would they be
> > looking for? It does not disturb the soil, just moves the mulch away from
> > the plant.
> >
> > Moth balls are not an effective detterent.
> >
> > I have noted that those only mulched with cedar are not pawed, but those
> > with a straw mulch covered with cedar are. I have alos noted it is
> > primarily the black currants which get pawed.
> >
> > Since I have a dog, this varmit/pest is not bothered by the scent of a dog
> > in the area, and gets through our casual fencing that keeps the dog in
> > the yard.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Small planting of;
> > Crandall - black currant
> > Red Lake - red currant
> > Pixwell - gooseberry
> > Un-named Red Currant
> > Un-named Jostaberry
> >
> > Regards, (and thanks in advance)
> > Tom
> > --
> > Thomas Olenio
> > Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6a
> >
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