tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post5352637164056920063..comments2024-03-26T17:53:49.471+00:00Comments on Mark's Veg Plot: The EnemyMark Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-41347010159514076362011-02-02T21:25:27.295+00:002011-02-02T21:25:27.295+00:00I like his bootsI like his bootsJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449033225976333039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-26445988055972607952011-02-02T18:40:32.802+00:002011-02-02T18:40:32.802+00:00You can put a sign outside of your garden, for the...You can put a sign outside of your garden, for the fox:<br />........GO TO THE NEIGHBOUR.......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292477659593929167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-188914272621212011-02-02T12:49:48.075+00:002011-02-02T12:49:48.075+00:00I have similar problem with yours but not fox but ...I have similar problem with yours but not fox but birds! They dig around the soil and uproot my plants and new emerging seedlings. They also help bandicoot potatoes when I don't want them too. So I feed them with left-over foods on the same spot. So it become a routine. They will follow us around the gain attention now but they don't bother the plants. I think because of us human they don't have many places to go to hunt food now. The means for survival make them bold enough to search for food outside their territory. This also happened to my parents house where monkeys come and distrub the plants becuase they lost their home to housing development.Fence?Monkey can climb higher than that;-).Malay-Kadazan girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692400837667241873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-58685982670181325902011-01-31T21:34:22.450+00:002011-01-31T21:34:22.450+00:00Egretta; I think I'm right in saying that we d...Egretta; I think I'm right in saying that we don't have rabies in the UK, although it is occasionally brought in from abroad when someone smuggles in an infected dog. Being an island, I suppose it is easier for us to enforce border and quarantine controls.<br />I don't think the foxes are a danger to humans - simply a nuisance. For me, they are the biggest menace to my garden because they dig around in the soil, presumably to try to find worms, and thereby uprooting or destroying my plants in the process.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-80322895207979244432011-01-31T21:11:51.268+00:002011-01-31T21:11:51.268+00:00In the U.S., any wild animal may have rabies. Is t...In the U.S., any wild animal may have rabies. Is this not a concern there? Our biggest enemy is the raccoon population and we have trapped over 40 on our 5 acres in the last 6 or 7 months. The animal control comes and gets them in the traps and leaves more traps. We use cat food as bait. I am not sure what the animal control does with the animals, but we do know that many of them are rabid and you can get it from their spittle, you don't have to be bitten even. Very dangerous. I have used cayenne pepper and oregano scattered around to deter them and they hate ammonia, so I have sprayed it around, too. Maybe these measures would also deter foxes.Egretta Wells bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410663977991054877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-79124101154858303802011-01-31T20:57:49.777+00:002011-01-31T20:57:49.777+00:00Linda; Just opposite our house is an area of open ...Linda; Just opposite our house is an area of open ground with some big trees; an area much loved by our local foxes as a trysting-ground I think, judging by the noises that emanate from there. The howls of the vixens are almost other-wordly sometimes.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-43433249708210864162011-01-31T20:56:04.283+00:002011-01-31T20:56:04.283+00:00David, knowing my luck, the fox will turn out to b...David, knowing my luck, the fox will turn out to be a Mexican one (on vacation in England) who loves chilli...Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-2595459066928354372011-01-31T20:48:12.057+00:002011-01-31T20:48:12.057+00:00How blatant! I'm getting fed up with them too...How blatant! I'm getting fed up with them too. My daughter and I were both wakened several times during the night last night by a fox barking. It was the night before her History Higher prelim, so she was not amused at the broken sleep.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-16295896081810987652011-01-31T20:42:18.079+00:002011-01-31T20:42:18.079+00:00Handsome Fellow!
You could use the chile powder ...Handsome Fellow! <br /><br />You could use the chile powder ON the scraps. It won't bother the Magpies but the fox will certainly feel the burn! I did that with some squirrels and the effect was immediate and highly comical!David P. Offutt - The Gastronomic Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941257262332056194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-85366097004811179952011-01-31T18:07:07.214+00:002011-01-31T18:07:07.214+00:00Thanks everyone for your views and suggestions abo...Thanks everyone for your views and suggestions about the Fox problem. I think it would be exceptionally difficult for me to keep foxes out of my garden without going to huge lengths. If I were to erect physical barriers, they would need to be very tall, because I know foxes can jump high, and dig deep. Of course this would probably have an adverse effect on the aesthetics too! And for those of you who don't live in the UK, we have banned fox hunting with dogs now, so that's not an option. It might just have to be the chilli powder then...Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-69856056504171533192011-01-31T13:34:27.944+00:002011-01-31T13:34:27.944+00:00Is fox hunting banned in your country? I remember ...Is fox hunting banned in your country? I remember fox hunting were done in Boxing day when I lived in London around 1990. It might be controversial but do you think fox hunting should be allowed for protection agricultural production?takaekohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02935915593745969292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-69293347484839849172011-01-31T11:50:11.938+00:002011-01-31T11:50:11.938+00:00Oh dear... So pretty, and so destructive! I have n...Oh dear... So pretty, and so destructive! I have no idea how to deter him, though no scraps might be a start, so I think perhaps fencing might be the answer. Chicken wire around the veg plot?<br /><br />Re slow shutter speeds, you can get nifty lightweight monopods or perhaps a chest pod, so that you can take great photos even in low light conditions and long shutter speeds. Mind you, I am useless at taking good wildlife photographs!Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-17290114718734698282011-01-31T07:43:08.520+00:002011-01-31T07:43:08.520+00:00I would say that you could get a big dog. Foxes wo...I would say that you could get a big dog. Foxes would avoid your garden then completely. <br />Few years ago I spent 2 weeks in UK and I was surprised how many foxes are there, walking through the town in the evening... We have foxes here, but they live in woods and rarely come down to a village and never get close to cities.<br />Nice shots! In case you use slow shutter speed, then better quality pictures are with tripod, so you don't move the camera.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-3976905240344544872011-01-31T03:44:41.255+00:002011-01-31T03:44:41.255+00:00The red eye reduction photo made me giggle Mark, n...The red eye reduction photo made me giggle Mark, nice dots!<br /><br />I would have no idea what to do about a fox, especially one as confident as yours... Would it have a go at you? Or your granddaughter? That would worry me a little.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072118694728610270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-62480534978585363182011-01-31T03:30:22.774+00:002011-01-31T03:30:22.774+00:00I think your best bet would be a fox proof fence a...I think your best bet would be a fox proof fence around the area you most want to protect, I wouldn't feed them as you will only increase the amount of foxes your area is able to support. Fortunately I've never seen a fox in my immediate area.. as yet.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389007877995149425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-12196746820051041602011-01-31T01:22:14.447+00:002011-01-31T01:22:14.447+00:00What about sprinking really hot chili powder aroun...What about sprinking really hot chili powder around the garden? We did this around the perimeter and it seemed to help with smaller pests; not sure if it would help with a hungry fox.<br />And I agree with you on not liking the black dot on the eyes. Oh well.Jennhttp://www.evoorganic.com/category/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-43222285395648742512011-01-31T01:09:45.541+00:002011-01-31T01:09:45.541+00:00I don't think trapping, killing or relocating ...I don't think trapping, killing or relocating will work. They are territorial and if you remove this one, more will move into the vacancy you create. Could you fence the vegetable garden?Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577208643431414375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-76650177092520530912011-01-31T01:08:03.156+00:002011-01-31T01:08:03.156+00:00block the hole in the neighbour's fence? I do...block the hole in the neighbour's fence? I don't have any personal experience with foxes..they are usually sneaky but this one is brazen. It probably has babies or babies on the way.Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577208643431414375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-87951266509056397212011-01-31T01:05:10.856+00:002011-01-31T01:05:10.856+00:00My suggestion would be that you stop feeding him. ...My suggestion would be that you stop feeding him. He will eventually move on to someone elses house or do like we did with the raccoon, catch him and kill him. I agree he is a very fat fox, none of our look that well fed.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-87763102796339982862011-01-31T00:16:14.351+00:002011-01-31T00:16:14.351+00:00I liked the photos of your intruder. I saw a fox t...I liked the photos of your intruder. I saw a fox the other day on the farm and, of course, no camera was in hand. The fox looks very comfortable in your neighborhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com