Rat in the garden!
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I saw a large rat in my community garden once. I never noticed any damage. Sorry for not being more helpful.
Natalie
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I have shared quite a bit of produce with some local field rats/mice. They especially like the tomatoes. Luckily, I had enough to share, but still... grrrrrr.
He (or they, I guess) also worked on my onions so badly that ended up picking them early and just having small onions. We planted some watermelon after that and he chawed on all the watermelon rinds, too.
Since my garden is dying back, I'm not really doing a whole lot to get rid of the rats at the moment. And I don't think I will plant a fall garden, just because pretty soon, it is going to start being dark when I get home from work.
Anyway, about the problem. I found that when I put a trail of cayenne pepper around the bed, I didn't lose any tomatoes that I could tell. However, this is something that would have to be reapplied often. I did not want to set a trap because I was afraid one of my dogs would have been injured.
I did find a link so some rat repellent that looks intriguing.
http://www.critter-repellent.com/rats/rats-in-my-garden-yard.php
I may give it a try next year. I wonder if anyone here has tried it.
Cassandra
He (or they, I guess) also worked on my onions so badly that ended up picking them early and just having small onions. We planted some watermelon after that and he chawed on all the watermelon rinds, too.
Since my garden is dying back, I'm not really doing a whole lot to get rid of the rats at the moment. And I don't think I will plant a fall garden, just because pretty soon, it is going to start being dark when I get home from work.
Anyway, about the problem. I found that when I put a trail of cayenne pepper around the bed, I didn't lose any tomatoes that I could tell. However, this is something that would have to be reapplied often. I did not want to set a trap because I was afraid one of my dogs would have been injured.
I did find a link so some rat repellent that looks intriguing.
http://www.critter-repellent.com/rats/rats-in-my-garden-yard.php
I may give it a try next year. I wonder if anyone here has tried it.
Cassandra
