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[Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com>]

I had to make a pagewire cage for a few of my trees that my cats were 
scratching to bits!  They were supposed to be catching the mice, but I think 
the dog we got rid of a few weeks ago put the kibosh on that because he 
chased those poor cats every time they left the shelter of the barns.  The 18 
mo old pup also started in on my goats which is why he was promptly re-homed 
(he was on his last chance after I had to stitch up a goat last year) and now 
I am seeing my cats out mousing in my orchard again... bit too late for my 
girdled trees, but maybe this will be the worst year for damage I'll see.

I like the sound of raspberry cane mulch, but I just put in a new patch of 
raspberries this year and won't have any canes to chop up for a while.

Sarah 
zone 3
Edmonton, AB


--- On Tue, 5/24/11, Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us> wrote:

> From: Naomi Counides <naomi@oznayim.us>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] How about raspberry cane mulch?
> To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Received: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 1:49 PM
> I have a cat problem with the trees..
> They like to use them as scratching
> posts. They are my cats too so I cannot blame anyone else..
> and yes they do
> kill mice and more importantly gophers.
> Naomi
> 
> "I am a solipsistic conspiracy theorist.  I am sure I
> am up to something,
> and I will not stop until I find out what."  
> 
> 
> http://xkcd.com/842/  Jan 3, 2011
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]
> On Behalf Of Jim Fruth
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 7:45 AM
> To: NAFEX
> Subject: [NAFEX] How about raspberry cane mulch?
> 
> Sarah Ewing wrote : "I also used to mulch with sawdust from
> our local mills 
> and I also used to make a doughnut of animal bedding out
> from the bases of 
> all my trees.  I discovered the hard way that that
> trees aren't the only 
> living things that loved what I was doing.  Won't do
> either of those things 
> ever again."
> 
>     I mulch my apple trees with shredded
> raspberry canes mixed with shredded
> 
> tree branches.  I apply it about 2-3" thick and
> haven't had any problem with
> 
> girdled trees.  But then, it could be that my cats
> solve the problem of 
> rodents because they keep themselves well fed.
> 
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Fruit Farm
> 4002 Davis Street
> Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
> 1-218-831-7018 (My Cell) 
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