Backyard Battle Plan: The Ultimate Guide to Controlling Wildlife Damage in Your GardenA practical, no-nonsense look at the greatest scourge of America's 100 million gardeners -- animal damage There's a war going on out there, and humans are losing ground literally. The first book to look squarely at the subject, Backyard Battle Plan takes a stand on the fastest-growing threat to our gardens: animal damage. Ecological imbalance and overzealous protectionist policies have produced a skyrocketing population of problem animals. Deer alone number thirty times what they did a century ago. With animal-related property losses totaling $3 billion a year, America's summer backyard -- suburban and urban -- is under siege. But our romanticization of wildlife, argues Backyard Battle Plan, blinds us to our need for a balance of preservation and control, even elimination. A godsend to any gardener whose cherished crops are regularly destroyed, this complete A-to-Z guide defines the enemy: from beaver to problem birds and coyotes to woodchucks; their habitats and the diseases they carry; and control methods from fencing to poison to hunting. Complete with fascinating boxes and sidebars, this is an honest and long-overdue primer on an issue we dare not keep taboo. |
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... shrubs with netting or building berry cages that are totally en- closed ( top and sides ) . For berry cages , it's ... shrub and pick up fruit every morn- ing and evening . Lots of fruit falls . Some will be in perfect condition , some ...
... shrubs , fences near the water , nonlethal noise- makers , a string or fishing line " fence " around the water's edge , and letting the grass grow tall around the pond . One golf magazine asked for ideas , but no good so- lution ...
... shrubs . They may browse , a nibble here or there , but they prefer marshy , water - type plants . Oc- casionally , during rutting season , when their passions run hot , trees may be badly scarred and the ground torn up . And sometimes ...