Caleb Slavens

Karla Waterman wrote:We've had mice and microbats that have died inside the house- I bury them in a low-frequented area of the veggie patch and forget about them. Haven't ever accidentally dug one up again before it's fully decomposed. You might have to get creative with locations or make a system if you have a ton of them though.

Thank you! Saw another post after I put this up about burying them around fruit trees.  Great idea. Will start doing that and around veggies.

So, the property I moved to came with too many guests. Mountain Beavers, Ground Squirrels, Moles, Rats, Mice, etc. It is the result of being in a slight country setting smooshed between some urban areas, so all the predators have been relocated, and the little critters multiplied out of control here. I am thus trapping and catching things every day trying to cull the herds a bit.

My question is what to do with dozens of little carcasses besides flinging them deep into the blackberry briars. Anyone have a solution that disposes of them and helps my soil later, or gives a use to them other than little maggot farms. (O don't have chickens, yet.) Thanks.

First time poster, long time lurker on this forum; I have a small mixed cultivar Hazelnut [Filbert] orchard on the Oregon Coast (so, prime Filbert country on the 45th parallel.) Anyways, many cultivars of Filbert sucker profusely, but I dig down around the base of the tree in late winter and prune off any suckers, and especially keep those with their own roots. This is a great way to build your filbert orchard. Anyways, I would be happy to ship some suckers (with roots) to people looking to experiment [minus the cost of shipping and maybe an equally happy plant exchange]. My current cultivars are Jefferson, Doris, Gamma (a pollinator), and Yamhill. The Jefferson's are the easiest to propagate as they sucker the most and grow fairly quick.