To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] pears
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:21:22 -0700 (PDT)
I was recently informed that deer hate rosemary and will not even walk through it. I have no idea if this is true, but it seems worth a try. The prunings would be very handy for cooking and smoking, not to mention smudging. (For scent or mosquitos.) I don't know if there are any varieties hardy to where you live.
From: Ernest Plutko <ernestplutko@wiktel.com> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 1:26:39 PM Subject: [NAFEX] pears
Most of the snow finally melted here. Went out this morning to look at trees. The Ure and Golden Spice trees look great. No winter damage and their buds are starting to swell. I have two Ussarian pears but didn't inspect them yet. It was -44 F a number of times last winter. People here told me their Ure pear trees died during their first winter in the ground and not to plant them. I am going to buy more Ure as soon as the nurseries open. Deer are being a real nuisance so I bought a spool of electric wire and a electric fence controller. I have four Maltese dogs but the deer ignore them when I try to sic the dogs on them. My son put an electric fence around his orchard and the deer kept well away from then.
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