In this video, I give you 5 top ways to stop animals from eating or destroying your food or vegetable garden.
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G'day Everyone, I hope you are all growing well and harvesting a ton! I have met dozens of you over the past few weeks (out and about) and have thoroughly enjoyed chatting with you about your gardening and life in general – thanks for saying g'day and supporting my vids! Cheers, Mark
My mom's garden was being plagued by the local birds. Our dog couldn't go out all the time to get them (though he did give them something to think about when he caught one and I had to hold him back! Don't worry, the bird was fine, just shocked). We talked to a few bird experts and they said that loose, brightly coloured streamers usually keep birds from landing in gardens. It has to do with the erratic movement and the way the light constantly reflects off the streamers. It saved her strawberry plants! (the Swiss Chard is another matter though. No where to hang streamers over there!)
I see your challenges during all seasons but as a grower in N.A. zone 7b I think I would really enjoy the challenges you face. Good on you for what you do.
My grandma used to use two pie plates tied to a post. It worked in two ways… The shiny aspect and when they clang together they make noise.
My beehives got an electric fence because there is a bear in the area…. My garden (about 30'x50'/9x15m, not raised, not fenced) is in a different place with different problems. Something (rabbit or groundhog) likes eating my young pea and bean shoots and it'll go for carrot and parsnip tops too, what I found works pretty well is every foot/30cm or so, to drop a citronella (mosquito repellent) tea light candle I get by the dozen from the dollar store, the smell keeps the hungry critters away long enough for the plants to get established and the critters lose interest. Too bad it doesn't repel the mosquitoes from biting me, but at least they're not after my produce! I'll also drop a few of those around my beet and carrot patches later in the season, when they get big enough that the tops stick out sometimes the smaller critters (mice or voles) like to chew on them. Same idea as mothballs but I don't want to touch mothballs if I'm touching anything I want to eat.
Barrier crops can work sometimes too, one year I put my beans between rows of potatoes and nothing touched them, so I upscaled the idea and the one year I surrounded the whole garden with potato plants, almost nothing got damaged by critters.
Turkey legs make a great addition to any meal! A pellet gun is almost silent…
Are the bush turkeys edible?
Great stuff. I have issues with moles.
hey Mark, if you’re based in Toowoomba QLD Australia, then why does your logo spin and stop on ameirca?
So far our pet dogs keep all the animals away, only leaving the unwanted insects to tend with.
i love how you said there's usually enough for your family and the animals as well
The struggle is real
what a stunning property you have
I would use electrocution and shooting
How do you stop Drop Bears ???
Can I ask – I want to grow passionfruit but live near a bay and I think they are either mice or rats eat the leaves before it can flower. I do not have pets so no food left to attract them seeing passionfruit need to climb what can I do to stop them
I absolutely love seeing the native Australian wildlife. Especially loved seeing the lorikeets!
Nice to see you back.
G'day mom used to use aluminum pie plates hung on strings hung on a strong chords the top of her tomato patch which was attached to Bamboo tripod sticks about 6 ft to 8 ft High depending on what kind of tomatoes she was growing another friend of mine would string triangle colored cotton Flags on the perimeter of his garden and then make an X with these Flags about 10 ft off the ground and it works really good and inexpensive
Thank God your back! I was having withdrawals.
I stop the neighbour's roaming Tom Cat from doing his business in my garden by cutting an old orange up and placing it on top of the garden.
Made a solution of chili powder and tabasco sauce, then sprayed around my garden to deter squirrels. Works pretty good but have to reapply it every few days or of it rains. Squirrels and possums were also eating my corn, so just sprinkled chili powder directly on the corn stalks. That stopped them pretty quick. You can by bulk chili powder pretty cheap for this.
Hey man….. nothing is keeping this animal from eating its plants…….
Thanks for video. I'm thinking of what to do about a wild boar tearing things up.
I love your videos! Especially the puns, “buzzword” – thank you. Do you have recommendations for netting plants that need pollination? I have a tiny back yard so netting is the easiest choice for the pests in my area, rats and squirrels. Would love to hear your recommendations.
Actually, the biggest problems are birds. The best solution is a cat. The cat unfortunately eats geckos too. Fewer geckos and more insects and bugs. Can't win. I do use fruit bags and netting and it does help, but some thing find ways to get into those as well. The owl doesn't work. The birds just sit on the owl. It is hard because the only native owl we have is really a rare sight. To keep birds from eating peppers, I grow mostly bigger and more pendulous peppers that are harder for the birds to reach and swallow. The peppers the birds like the most have to be caged.