Repellents that Work

The depredations of deer, rabbits and squirrels have afflicted the garden for years. Many remedies, including an 8’ fence have been tried. Finally a deer and rabbit repellant from Home Depot seems to be working. It has a smell like something dead and has to be sprayed every time it rains, but since its use was started there has only been one lost cabbage plant. Perhaps Bambi or Peter rabbit tried it and did not like it.

Something has been found to keep everything but o’possums out of the compost pile. The leaves and grass are not a problem, but the kitchen waste is just too tempting. A big dog is the main culprit. About a dozen ghost peppers were chopped and put into a jar in the fridge. Every time the compost goes to the pile a few pieces of ghost pepper goes into the mix. For the old dog, we have started putting out bones and meat scraps. He seems to be getting the idea.

The fence did help some. It was made of vinyl fence fabric, which is starting to get a little ratty. A new fence is going up, made from 2” X 4” steel fabric. Now if I can get a repellant that will keep AT&T people from starting unrequested service on my phones.



David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/