Garden Medley

I was watching my local news the other day when the went into the garden segment. Many of the tips are more for my area, but this one should be pretty universal.

If you grow lettuce and other vegetables, rabbits and other such critters can be a major problem. I’ve gone over some tactics in the past on how to keep them out without poisons. This one I hadn’t heard yet.

Get some plastic snakes and put them in your garden around the plants you want to protect. Rabbits and other small animals are very afraid of snakes, and won’t realize these are fakes, especially if you move them around regularly.

Now, as a parent I can say the one problem with this idea is getting the kids to leave the plastic snakes in the garden where you want them. Such a toy is just about irresistible to young children.

On the other hand, kids playing with the snakes ensures they won’t always be in the exact same places or positions, which is a good thing. You just have to be up to the challenge of getting the kids to keep putting the snakes back where they belong.

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