Thank you so much! FOR TAKING THE TIME to itemize different topics with time stamp! Very considerate. APPRECIATE. Found your info beneficial. Thank you
This is such a great video! Thank you for your wisdom. I am just starting a garden in Petaluma, CA. We already have an established orchard, with apple, citrus, fig, apricot and plum trees, but it is far from a polyculture with lots of open area full of weeds and mulch. We added irrigation lines last year and many of the trees are doing a lot better, but now because of drought the gophers have moved in as well to get to the water, and are chewing away the trees from below. Like you, I am happy sharing with nature, but at this point I'm concerned about the health of the trees. We may lose two at this point. I wish I did not have to trap and kill animals. But that seems to be the only solution at this point. We have tons of raptors here, and snakes, but gopher situation still seems out of balance. Makes me sad. I wish my garden were like yours! Maybe in a few years.
I use 1/4 in hardware wire and my GROUND squirrels still get in. Ugh. Also the gophers still tunnel into my garden bed. Please please help me. Oh my gosh i look like a crazy lady doing everything you said and it still doesn't work.
What is eating them? We have sugar apples that get eaten by the birds even while still green sometimes! We bought one of those fake plastic owls from home depot that we put in the tree when the fruit is getting to mature size. It has made a huge difference!
We are having a terrible time this summer with wood rats. We live in the foothills and they are numerous. They are very savvy to traps and would rather dine on my organic produce than the "yummy treats" that we try to bait them with. It has been very discouraging. I hope they get hungry in the winter when we grow mainly leafy greens and we can make a dent in the population.
Racoons... They are so bold! In the evenings I keep the dogs away from the main garden area (I got tired of skunk spray and scratched dog noses.) I figure the skunks are dining on dropped fruit iin the ground, but the racoons have broken branches in a young fig tree and have stripped every grape on the vine too.
Awesome! Where will your food forest be located? I am in Miami, Florida. ua-cam.com/video/82XhNlzkxEY/v-deo.html here is a tour of my food forest. I ended up deciding to make this area for annuals and now I am going to be doing a food forest in my front yard.
Thank you! I've been looking for effective but still humane ways to deal with pests, and you've struck a really great balance here.
Thank you so much! FOR TAKING THE TIME to itemize different topics with time stamp! Very considerate. APPRECIATE.
Found your info beneficial. Thank you
Glad to have dropped by. Thanks for the lesson. I have no garden but I enjoyed viewing yours.
This is such a great video! Thank you for your wisdom. I am just starting a garden in Petaluma, CA. We already have an established orchard, with apple, citrus, fig, apricot and plum trees, but it is far from a polyculture with lots of open area full of weeds and mulch. We added irrigation lines last year and many of the trees are doing a lot better, but now because of drought the gophers have moved in as well to get to the water, and are chewing away the trees from below. Like you, I am happy sharing with nature, but at this point I'm concerned about the health of the trees. We may lose two at this point. I wish I did not have to trap and kill animals. But that seems to be the only solution at this point. We have tons of raptors here, and snakes, but gopher situation still seems out of balance. Makes me sad. I wish my garden were like yours! Maybe in a few years.
Here in Novato trying to start a food forest. Have you had any luck or things to share regarding gophers?
Dan you are the MAN! With the effective bug plan.
Nice video. All my rodents went away when I started feeding 2 feral cats who are now domesticated.
I use 1/4 in hardware wire and my GROUND squirrels still get in. Ugh. Also the gophers still tunnel into my garden bed. Please please help me. Oh my gosh i look like a crazy lady doing everything you said and it still doesn't work.
Excellent information as always Dan.
All my plum and pears get eaten before I get any. half would be wonderful. Love your stuff thanks
What is eating them? We have sugar apples that get eaten by the birds even while still green sometimes! We bought one of those fake plastic owls from home depot that we put in the tree when the fruit is getting to mature size. It has made a huge difference!
Love your garden, the pond is brilliant too x
We are having a terrible time this summer with wood rats. We live in the foothills and they are numerous. They are very savvy to traps and would rather dine on my organic produce than the "yummy treats" that we try to bait them with. It has been very discouraging. I hope they get hungry in the winter when we grow mainly leafy greens and we can make a dent in the population.
Racoons... They are so bold! In the evenings I keep the dogs away from the main garden area (I got tired of skunk spray and scratched dog noses.) I figure the skunks are dining on dropped fruit iin the ground, but the racoons have broken branches in a young fig tree and have stripped every grape on the vine too.
Great info & great videos, love yoyr content I'm hoping to start a food forest come spring
Thank you for the information. I am also hoping to start a food forest soon. Have been missing you, I hope that all is ok.
Awesome! Where will your food forest be located? I am in Miami, Florida. ua-cam.com/video/82XhNlzkxEY/v-deo.html here is a tour of my food forest. I ended up deciding to make this area for annuals and now I am going to be doing a food forest in my front yard.
Great info. I'll suggest considering a live trap instead of killing rodents. This has worked well for us with problems in our attic.
good info thx. Last month I trapped two possums over a month and relocated them to the countryside.
Where are you Dan? I hope everything is okay. I miss you and your lovely wife Alice. 💕💕
I love your garden it is beautiful 😃🥒🌽🍑🍎🍆🍓🍇😅
how is your stump removal going???
Do u still have tree collard seeds
rats and mice... plenty of highly effective DIY traps on youtube.
I like cats, but letting cats run wild will result in a sizeable loss of wildlife including birds. Traps would be better.
Cats afainst mouse and squirrels;)