We have trouble with rabbits, but the squirrels are worse. They have also wised up to the live traps too. There is a stray cat that catches rabbits and squirrels and hauls them off to her wherever her brood is hidden.
I guess that’s also one good thing about the neighbor’s letting there dogs out to roam the neighbor hood and poop in the yard, they help scare away the big rats and hoppers.
We usually don’t loose that much to the critters, but that summer where we had an unusually dry streak, they sucked everything they could just to get moisture, I think.
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We used to have outdoor cats to take care of things. Problem is we would get attached to them and the coyotes would get them. Since we live in a lake area where housing is pretty tight (with no lease laws) I don't want to have an outdoor dog since I object to the ones the neighbors have running free.
I warned one of our cats not to chase the squirrels on the deck railing. Sure enough, this week he fell in the river and was so embarrassed that he refused to come in to get dried off and then took off not coming home until noon the next day. His sister averages depositing one snake a day in the kitchen floor. Lizards, salamanders, butterflies, grubs and lately june bugs don’t stand a chance, either. And they like cilantro!
It’s been too cloudy for anything to grow since they were transplanted. It rains just enough so it’s too muddy to get out to the garden to tend it so the weeds and snails are happy. All I can get to is the front bed so smash a couple dozen snails daily.
Have been making an effort to do more kitchen trash planting. Have some carrot tops and lettuce on the windowsill that need to be put in soil. The front bed is filling up with onion roots and garlic so we’re safe from vampires.