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I have two new cats, who will be allowed out this season.  (They were 
too young last year - outdoors cats need rabies shots around here.)  
They have already caught a number of small critters.  I just hope I can 
lure them to hang out around the garden.

Snow melting here at a balmy 47  (surprised that you're warmer)

Ginda Fisher, Zone 6, Eastern MA

On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 01:54  PM, John Van Hazinga wrote:

> I read somewhere that spraying strawberry plants with a kelp solution 
> deters
> chipmunks so I tried it last year  (using watering can) and had 
> minimal loss
> compared to the two previous years. It could just be a cyclical 
> population
> but there seemed to be just as many in the stonewalls around.  I also 
> keep
> beds a bit from stone walls giving my rodent control officer (cat) a 
> better
> chance.
>
> basking at 50 today
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> Vann Hall Rd. Gardens Zone 4 Southern NH