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Wes Cooke wrote:My concern is that then this little corner of the forest is going to become a magnet for all wildlife.
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Dan Boone wrote:
Wes Cooke wrote:My concern is that then this little corner of the forest is going to become a magnet for all wildlife.
Not to be flip but ... you say that like it's a bad thing?
A whole bunch of squirrels or rats could be bad but then ... surely something would come along that eats them? Basically I am convinced that the more complete the ecosystem in/around my garden and food forest, the healthier it is.
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
Xisca Nicolas wrote:..and anyway in our case we avoid this because we do not want to grow more mosquitos. Any place where I keep a full bucket, I take care to empty is regularly. Then my problem is when I see mosquitos larvaes, but also dragonfly's!
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Xisca Nicolas wrote:Of course the food we grow is a magnet, and will develop more rats than predators can suppress! Even night howls will not be enough, or can you tell your idea with more precision ? Which predator can come? YOU, WE, have to be the predators!
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Dan Boone wrote:
Xisca Nicolas wrote:Of course the food we grow is a magnet, and will develop more rats than predators can suppress! Even night howls will not be enough, or can you tell your idea with more precision ? Which predator can come? YOU, WE, have to be the predators!
Of course I don't know your local circumstances. Everywhere I've ever lived, squirrels got eaten by all kinds of things. But rats can be a different story, especially on islands. You would know best.
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
Pecan Media: food forestry and forest garden ebooks
Now available: The Native Persimmon (centennial edition)
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
Wes Cooke wrote:Thank you everyone for the thoughts thus far, I really appreciate the feedback. My partner-in-crime in this endeavor suggested, along the lines of the providing more easily accessible water idea, installing a low pressure drain at the bottom of the system, so after the irrigation shuts off, all of the water in the overhead lines drains into a basin for them.
Although, kyle, as you mentioned, I'm concerned that this just attracts more and compounds the issue.
I like the idea of the heavier duty irrigation... PVC or metal pipes.
Any other input is welcome!
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