Post #4434300
2026-08-07 12:45 UTC
Replies (3)
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@xabean@infosec.exchange 2026-08-07 12:48
@wdormann@infosec.exchange I just found my onions, garlic, and ginger dug up with the bulbs just sitting on the ground. My tomato, sunchoke, and potato plants chewed up, and I'm angry. Apparently I need fencing, or something. To keep groundhogs out. Now I'm considering a 8x24ft greenhouse. sigh.
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@johnmark@freeradical.zone 2026-08-07 12:56
@wdormann@infosec.exchange I've had good luck with 2 things: 1. coffee grounds, spread daily on the area you want to protect and 2. cayenne pepper powder spread around at least once a month, maybe weekly during peak season. Since we make coffee every day, #1 is pretty easy. For #2, I bought a 5lb canister of cheap stuff online. I should also build a fence, but I'm just too lazy.
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@reverseics@infosec.exchange 2026-08-07 13:20
@wdormann@infosec.exchange I sprinkled "granulated bobcat urine" around our vegetable garden this year. I put it in quotes because I am guessing it is just from normal cats or something. I reapply every time it rains. It seems to be helping. Although for some reason squirrels still really go after our eggplants. They do the same thing as your deer: rip the eggplant off, with a single bite mark, and leave the unripe eggplant on the ground because they taste too bitter I guess. It's not like I need my garden vegetables, but garden tomatoes really are the best thing ever. I always think of this comic as I consider taking more drastic measures. https://pbfcomics.com/comics/billy-the-bunny/