Lawn/Garden Talk

Quote from jenni. : No kidding? I have a friend that's a hair dresser. I wonder if she'll think I'm crazy. Well, crazier than she already knows I am.

Not kidding, and go for it, they only throw it away after sweeping it up, or give it away to people like this who ask for it.

Quote from gt6mk31 : You could try mothballs. I know they deter mice, don't know for sure about bunnies. Just lay them out all the way around the perimeter of your garden maybe 6" or apart.

Quote from noungning : I don't think I can handle awful smelling stuff in my front lawn. I have to walk by it and my window will be open. But thanks for the suggestion. I've read about mothballs for chipmunks but not for rabbits. It's been raining so the bunnies been away... or maybe eaten by a doggy somewhere.

Mothballs are posionus for pets and kids so it's not a good thing to use on your lawn.

Human Scents

Animals in general avoid any contact with humans. If you can spread your own scent throughout the garden, "marking" it as your territory, this will help repel many types of animals. One way to mark your garden is to sprinkle human hair clippings throughout the garden and around its perimeter. Another way is to use strong scented soaps or perfumes. Deer and rabbits in particular react to this scent-deterrent. The strongest human scent repellent, however, is human urine. You probably won't want to sprinkle urine directly on your plants, but if you can spread it around the perimeter of the garden, it will keep most animals out. Unfortunately, this may not deter the more intelligent animals. Squirrels and raccoons, for example, will figure out that there is no human attached to the scents they pick up, and therefore ignore your territorial markings.

Plants

You can plan the layout of your garden to be its own deterrent. If you have a rabbit problem, plant a ring of onions, garlic, chives, lavender, thyme or marigolds around your other plants. The rabbits will smell these plants, and decide your garden doesn't appeal to them. If you have deer to worry about, try the same trick with a ring of daffodils, yarrow or sunflowers--all of which deer do not eat. Catnip is another repellent against many animals. Just be careful planting this one if you have a lot of cats in your neighborhood, or you may wind up with a new pest problem.


Read more: Natural Remedy to Keep Animals Out of My Garden | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/way_5529295_n...z1wy2R53MD


So who is going to try the one remedy

The urine? Don't think I can volunteer as it'd stink up my front lawn just like the other previously suggested remedy.

Quote from noungning : The urine? Don't think I can volunteer as it'd stink up my front lawn just like the other previously suggested remedy.

The perimeter, not up against the house and windows
No one, for lack of any better words, pisses on their own house near the windows

Perimeter - get it now

I found something for cats too - thin slices of lemons spread all over the mulch, not only do cats hate it - but it's not exactly healthy for them - and the lemons will disintegrate into the mulch and garden and make it better - I shall have to try this - this cat is a gonner for sure - and I'll have to have my other neighbor's who are soooooooo tired of this cat to do the same - everyone is talking about "this cat"

Quote from emelvee : I understand. They're quite ferocious.

Those look delicious!!

I think it's in the same family as Crown of Thorns, but not exactly sure.



Here's the others I have which I believe are Crown of Thorns type 1:



Crown of Thorns type 2:

Quote from noungning : I think it's in the same family as Crown of Thorns, but not exactly sure. Attachment 1332812 Here's the others I have which I believe are Crown of Thorns type 1: Attachment 1332816 Crown of Thorns type 2: Attachment 1332814

I would say it's a Crown of Thorns just by the way the trunk looks. I've seen all sorts and shapes over the years at nurseries. Did a quick google image search and it looks like this one from Hawaii.

http://www.hear.org/starr/images/...0&o=plants