At Home In The Woods
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clemsonfor
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I bet you are going to sleep good tonight Clem....knowing Obed is safe and sound...first good nights sleep for you in a long time....
yep i sure will!
Larro Darro
Super Member
Hey Obed. I have never seen one of those deer things before. Is it what it looks like, a sprinkler hooked to a motion detector? I guess it works, or you wouldn't be using it again. My garden is fenced, but we still had trouble with the coons eating the banana cantaloupes. Next year I might check into your setup. If it works for us, we will have more of this.
And less of this.
They ate the last two about a week ago. I had got used to eating cantaloupe for breakfast every morning, so I hated to see them go.
And less of this.
They ate the last two about a week ago. I had got used to eating cantaloupe for breakfast every morning, so I hated to see them go.
Dr Dave
Platinum Member
Those deer scarecrows are a great idea, were did you get them and what is the cost. Thanks
Dave
Dave
clemsonfor
Super Member
Dave try amazon. There usually the cheapest on most stuff, have almost everything, ship for free and you don't have to leave the house and it shows up at your door!!
clemsonfor
Super Member
OK I just looked for you. Type in "motion detector sprinkler" they start at $48 with free shipping. Not saying that's the cheapest but there is a starting point. Also try eBay, another of my go to places. Its easier for me to buy online than an hour or two round trip plus gas cost.
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So glad everything is fine! We..(ok it was all Jay's idea) might have went a tad overboard (ok so it was fun at Jay's expense).
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Dr Dave
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Obed
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Larro,
Bummer about the coons. I describe here the specific devices we have used with success for two summers. The places we bought them from are referenced in the links. Yes the Scarecrow sprinkler is just a water sprinkler with a motion detector. Last fall we bought another after we broke the first one. The prices appear to drop significantly in the fall if you search for Scarecrow sprinklers on Amazon.
Obed
Larro Darro
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Thanks for the info. {I still haven't read the whole thread, but I'm working on it} I will check on prices. It looks like it would have the added value of keeping the cats off my car. That would be worth the money just to watch.
We spent about $120 on two rolls of dog wire, and have half of the second roll still unused. Using the steel posts, it is simple to take down in the fall. Or, like I did when I added melons, make your garden bigger. Since my BIL works at Lowe's, I get a good price on stuff. I will have to check and see if they carry the motion detector sprinkler. But even with his savings, it would most likely still be cheaper online.
clemsonfor
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I'd be careful with the sprinkler and car. We have cats and they tend to spa when scared. A sprinkler cutting on will scare them either with sound and or water. They dig their claws in and spin out to get away. How do I know. We have 7 inside, just ask my hardwood floors!!! The darn things scare each other, something falling over. Or outside.
Larro Darro
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On my 98 Tucoma, or the wife's 05 Prius, I really don't care about the fur, sand and cat prints. But we just bought a newer used Camry, and it still looks good. My shed has a dirt floor, so the sand is worse when I park it under there. But we just tore out some carpet at work. I'm going to get some of it to roll out under the shed. Maybe that will help.
We have around 8 or 10 outside cats. They are mousers, with only a couple of them tame enough to pet. There are only two fool proof ways to keep them off the car. I can't afford a closed garage, and I couldn't stand to shoot them. Our old tom had gone off and got himself wounded pretty bad a few months back. While he was laid up, a young healthy tom moved in and took over. They fought day and night, but our tom wasn't able to chase the young one off. I tried chasing the young one, but he wouldn't stay chased, and there was not going to be any peace until there was only one tom. So I was forced to kill him. Didn't like it a bit, even if he was causing our cat ranch to be disrupted.
clemsonfor
Super Member
I'd be careful with the sprinkler and car. We have cats and they tend to spa when scared. A sprinkler cutting on will scare them either with sound and or water. They dig their claws in and spin out to get away. How do I know. We have 7 inside, just ask my hardwood floors!!! The darn things scare each other, something falling over. Or outside. If u do it don't let them be on your car when it goes on.
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Obed
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For me, the big advantage was not having to fence the garden. I like being able to get into the garden area with the tractor if I want to.
Obed
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Obed
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My wife picked up some leaf mulch that is free from a county that is adjacent to our county. At certain times of the day, they will load your truck for you with a loader.
Here's our original pile of leaf mulch before we added to it.
I pushed the original pile back to make room for the additional mulch. Having a tractor sure is handy.
While unloading a truck bed full of mulch doesn't sound that hard, it took a solid hour in the summer heat to drag all the mulch out of the truck.
Notice I am donning a bandana. For my whole life, I have struggled with having sweat drop from my forehead onto my glasses when working in warm weather. That's one reason I wear long sleaves when working outside, even in the summer. I wipe the sweat from my forhead with a sleave. When I visited MotorSeven a while back, I noticed that he was wearing a bandana while he was working on his log house. I finally tried wearing a bandana to soak up the sweat before it drips onto my glasses. It worked awesome. I can't say I really like looking like a hippy but I'm now a bandana convert.
Here's our original pile of leaf mulch before we added to it.
I pushed the original pile back to make room for the additional mulch. Having a tractor sure is handy.
While unloading a truck bed full of mulch doesn't sound that hard, it took a solid hour in the summer heat to drag all the mulch out of the truck.
Notice I am donning a bandana. For my whole life, I have struggled with having sweat drop from my forehead onto my glasses when working in warm weather. That's one reason I wear long sleaves when working outside, even in the summer. I wipe the sweat from my forhead with a sleave. When I visited MotorSeven a while back, I noticed that he was wearing a bandana while he was working on his log house. I finally tried wearing a bandana to soak up the sweat before it drips onto my glasses. It worked awesome. I can't say I really like looking like a hippy but I'm now a bandana convert.
J F
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Are those new pants?
MotorSeven
Elite Member
Bandana..aka "Do-rag"...and yes without one I can't see anything in the summer. Plus, always keep a jug of cold water with you, dip the do-rag into the water, wring it out and put it back on your head for some natural "air conditioning". Keeping you head cool is the second step next to hydration if you want to keep the heat stroke wolf away...it works even in this high humidity we have been having lately.
Now, if you are going for the really "cool factor" you will have to add a nice Maduro Churchill Sosa Cigar from the Dominicamn Republic:
Now, if you are going for the really "cool factor" you will have to add a nice Maduro Churchill Sosa Cigar from the Dominicamn Republic
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clemsonfor
Super Member
Haha!!!
clemsonfor
Super Member
Obed, I didn't see that mulch pile on Google earth pic of your place???? I'll have to go back and check. Haha just kidding!! ;-)
buckeyefarmer
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I put a temporary fence around my garden each yr, with tposts and vinyl covered wire. Your girl is growing up. I can't believe how fast mine have grown up, where does the time go.
