Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Plot74 on April 26, 2012, 01:52
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Any tips on keeping them off the plot.
My neighbours on three sides have live stock pigeons and chickens so it's not going to be easy.
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No way i can think of. Be careful as well if you use Bonemeal as my Dad had to stop using it because the foxes would dig up his plant's looking for the dead animals.
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you can mark your territory the old way like they do in the wildlife :lol:
the way i've done it is block the holes in the fence with broken slabs where i've seen the fox come and go, seen no more fox poo on the grass, no more paw prints but recently i;ve still seen paw prints around the plot and not sure ifs its the cat or fox.
the onions are in the open in trays but i would have thought their strong scent would be tasty treat for the fox so thinking it might be a cat ??? ???
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My local urban foxes only seem to dig for a reason - to them bonemeal or FBB is an excellent reason, dried chicken poo less so once they've learned what a cr@p snack it makes. :)
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This year they have decided to play on the bed where the rhubarb and strawberries are :ohmy:
The bed had horse manure in it, so don't know why they've chosen there >:(
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Maybe they appreciate the aroma of eau de cheval. ::)
Spelling ::)
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True ;) but, as it's knee deep on some of the other plots so they can beggar off :ohmy: and play somewhere else :nowink:
I'd like some rhubarb that's not been trashed ::)
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Hope this is not off topic but there is a program next week on channel 4 about foxes; whether to cull or not.
Know which camp I am in.
Looked at the broken plants in my garden where the dirty great brute goes rumaging :mad: :mad:
It ignores the prikka strips we put on the 6 foot fences at a fair expense,
gets through the little hedgehog hole we left in the gravel board,
scrambled through a hole in the trellis,
trampled on my tabletop strawberry bed and slung the contents of my kitchen waste bag waiting to be taken to the lotty.
Broad daylight and it is sitting on my patio; so angry went charging out at it yelling foul words as I brandished the broom. All activity in the surrounding gardens went quiet.... oops :wub: :wub:
I really hate foxes :mad: :mad: :mad:
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yes, I've had my fair share of dug up plants, holes where I don't want them and poo everywhere, and had to change how I improve soil fertility ... when you see the devastation, even I could happily brandish a gun and take a shot at them.
But then I don't have problems with rabbits, mice, voles ... so on the plus side they do keep those pests away.
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i might get some stick for this but i think its unfair to kill an animal that does not know that they are doing damage to someone's pride and joy or way of earning a living. we need to take preventative measures to ensure we don't harm them but instead they look elsewhere for food. near my area there are plenty of rodents they can take a pick at so they just need to learn and evolve their skills on finding alternative food.
http://www.thefoxwebsite.org/urbanfoxes/urbanconflict.html
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Hope this is not off topic but there is a program next week on channel 4 about foxes; whether to cull or not.
Know which camp I am in.
Looked at the broken plants in my garden where the dirty great brute goes rumaging :mad: :mad:
It ignores the prikka strips we put on the 6 foot fences at a fair expense,
gets through the little hedgehog hole we left in the gravel board,
scrambled through a hole in the trellis,
trampled on my tabletop strawberry bed and slung the contents of my kitchen waste bag waiting to be taken to the lotty.
Broad daylight and it is sitting on my patio; so angry went charging out at it yelling foul words as I brandished the broom. All activity in the surrounding gardens went quiet.... oops :wub: :wub:
I really hate foxes :mad: :mad: :mad:
I also hate fxes, we have chickens and they constantly parol around the chicken coop and last year they formed a den under the shed, 8ft from the chickens! Fortunately my chicken ar dumb and arent aware of the potential danger!
The foxes also trample and roll in the garden, flattening all my daffs and are a complete nuisance, then you find out that the next door neighbour is leaving eggs out to feed the "lovely thing". Grrr...
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foxes, mink and any other predators or large animals are just doing what comes naturally and it is up to us the chicken keepers, allotment holders and gardeners to do all we can (legally) to protect our birds, allotments and gardens.
Please can we keep this thread as friendly as possible otherwise we shall have no choice but to lock it.
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foxes, mink and any other predators or large animals are just doing what comes naturally and it is up to us the chicken keepers, allotment holders and gardeners to do all we can (legally) to protect our birds, allotments and gardens.
Please can we keep this thread as friendly as possible otherwise we shall have no choice but to lock it.
In much the same way that slug and snails and caterpillars act naturally by eating our veg, but we all seem happy to put slug pellets down and pick of a squish bugs. I see no difference between these posts.
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This is not open for discussion emptydrawer, so I again repeat my warning, keep this thread friendly or it shall be locked or failing that any posts recommending shooting etc.. will be removed.
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It may be an old wife's tale but it is said that if you put hair clippings inside an old stocking and hang them around your fence line this will stop the fox from entering.
Anyone else used this option I will be only to pleased to hear from you.
John
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I posted a thread a while ago about a fox burying a chickens egg (so I read) to retrieve later. I then sowed veg seed only to find a hole 3wks later where the fox has dug to find its egg. I then resowed (for a 2nd time)veg seeds only to find again albeit it a small hole in the same bed. So I'm wondering shall l I just replace the egg and hope the fox will then leave me alone or ignore it?
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It may be an old wife's tale but it is said that if you put hair clippings inside an old stocking and hang them around your fence line this will stop the fox from entering.
Its one we tried, along with the other male only repellant, when we had the chickens here. :)
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I got Jim to supply plenty of male repellent by forcibly pouring lashings of tea into him but after spinkling this around our garden we sadly found out that it doesn't work on Mink, not had any foxes though ::)
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My post from last year:
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=79030.0
I will be putting my frame/net/fox-trampoline up again in a week or two and fingers crossed they won’t be back this year.
Male repellent did work to a certain extent by the rains didn’t help.
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my uncle's got a fox hole dug into his very small veggie plot. they wanted to fill it up but i told them not to, as it may contain cubs we checked by poking a stick and throwing stones in it but no signs but i told them to leave it alone. assuming there are no cubs in there i told them to pee around to stop the fox coming near here and i think they thought i was having a laugh :wub:
looks like regular male repellent is a preventive measure, so tea's all round :D.
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for those of you who aren't aware foxy is on the tele tonight:-
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=93297.msg1038389;