Hi All.
couple of years back a young badger arrived near my allotment, wandered about, did no trouble; found a mate, had a cub. There's a gap under the fence that the badger family accessed as well as the fox and a few cats. Well and good.
Last year I had the misfortune to get some really bad sweet corn-I think it was popcorn- which was inedible and just before I was going to remove it, the badger trashed and ate it. Well and good.
This year, and I think it's the cub, snuffled the carrots in the big pot (that I then moved into the greenhouse) and trashed the sweetcorn before it was ripe. Others at the allotment lost sweetcorn too soon as well. So I blocked off the gap under the fence and the badger moved a couple of feet over behind my hibernaculum and dug under. I was surprised to see that the fence, put up by the council who we rent from, only went into the ground six inches so it was easy access. It should have been deeper.
I like the idea of an electric fence and I'd been thinking that way to surround my sweet corn for next year. I didn't mind the badger(s) snuffling around eating my soil borne pests and not causing problems. But this year it's moved up a whole notch and I think it's the juvenile badger. I have filmage of it running about my plot being cheeky, and none of the adults.
So. I can't really set up an electric fence as the new hole is very difficult for a human to get to. Any alternatives? Tomorrow I'm blocking up the gap and placing slabs farther along in the hope this will deter the badger. I don't want to hurt it, just get my plot away from it's attention. So far my main carrots have been unbothered but I fear that may end.
I was wondering about lion poo from Chester Zoo...anyone used this? Any help from experienced badger deterers?