Video: How To Keep Pets Away From Garden Plants
2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47
Do you all think that the suburban area is just for you, your children and your grandchildren? And that's not true! But what about our pets (cats and dogs, hamsters and more advanced ferrets and minks)? After all, we are sad and lonely without them, just as they are without us.
I am sure that not a single summer resident will leave his pet at home in a city apartment. Out of town, in the sun, on the grass - for health and summer entertainment. We are all happy to pamper our pets. How to properly prepare the site for their reception?
Let's start with the dogs. All dogs are guards. But in large dogs (Dobermans, Rottweilers, Mastiffs and Shepherds), the protective function is especially well developed. And their favorite jogging route is the perimeter of the fence. As a result of 2-3 weeks of jogging along the fence, a path is formed with a width of 0.5 to 1 m. Moreover, all plants that come across them on the way will either be demolished by a powerful carcass, or will be weeded out by no less powerful teeth.
Therefore, if your pet belongs to this breed, the main task is to give him the opportunity to freely perform his functions. And a 1m wide drop-out path next to the fence will only help your dog to maintain excellent athletic shape.
But another problem may arise here. Perimeter running is boring and monotonous. And even the barking of passing people and dogs does not bring the proper animation into the dog's life. And then the owner called. Forward! Run! Through the entire site and landing! What flower is not hidden - I am not to blame! In this case, it is necessary to plan all landscaping of the site taking into account the through run of the "friend of flowers and trees". Plant curtains with a sufficiently dense wall. And in some cases, a small, sturdy steel mesh fence will add more confidence to the problem of planting survival.
But running is not all problems. The food addictions of our pets are very interesting. Tasty and juicy bark of rose hips and roses perfectly compensates for the lack of vitamin C. In my memory, there is a case when two dogs (Rottweiler and Mastiff) in the fall and winter cut a "stump" hedge from a rosehip 70 meters long. One good thing is that after this "trimming" the hedge has become more fluffy and rejuvenated.
Acacia, honeysuckle, a number of annual flowers are just as tasty, and for some "gourmets" tulip and muscari bulbs are also good. The young roots of actinidia are an exquisite treat for cats. Therefore, I recommend protecting them immediately after planting in the first year with either boards or a net.
Now about the problems with the toilet. Everyone knows that cats and cats love sand. And rhododendrons love light sandy soil with added peat. The roots of rhododendrons are shallow, and the soft cat paws tear them without much difficulty. There is only one conclusion - mulching with pine bark.
Dogs do things a little differently. They choose a part of the lawn (as a rule, the most closed) for the toilet, and the owners have one problem - to clean regularly. But dog tags !!! Every thuja, every juniper and dwarf spruce will be marked if not protected by a net or other natural barriers. Moreover, traces of this mark are visible visually. A black oily coating forms on dried foliage and bark. True, this problem only applies to males.
As I wrote earlier, a pond on the site is a great blessing and joy. Including for dogs. But how not to come into the house and not wipe yourself on the bed and sofa? And bring sand on your feet and mud on your sides. What to do?
Of course, there is an option - not to let the wool into the house until the wool is completely dry, but you can also pave the banks of the pond with a path of paving slabs and lead the same path to the house. The amount of dirt will be significantly reduced.
How to sow the lawn? If you have animals, then by no means a sports mixture. The sports grass mixture is made from tough, fast-growing grains. Cases of stubble paws of cats and dogs and cuts of the tongue in cats are known.
Now about other animals. Birds love to build nests and live in birdhouses. Sometimes they feed in feeders. Both we and cats admire this process. But we do it platonically, and cats - from a practical point of view. To avoid excesses, it is better to place both feeders and birdhouses not on thick trees, but on poles and walls, along which our pets cannot climb there.
Bunnies, mice, moles also have the right and opportunity to live on your land. And no decree or decree can stop their reproduction and prosperity.
Here are some tips for suspending their activities. A high solid fence and winter tying of fruit crops with a metal masonry mesh with a mesh of no more than 1 cm help from bunnies. The same mesh will protect fruit plants from mice. It is convenient to lay out poison from mice in ceramic drainage pipes. But we must not forget that cats and dogs can eat a poisoned mouse. Wouldn't it be better to let the cat solve the problem of the mouse population for himself?
Moles are more difficult. They live underground and feed on worms and various insects. The most effective disposal method, in our experience, is kerosene. It is necessary to pour 100-200 g of good kerosene into each mound (after having dug it out). And the animal will leave your land.
You are a gardener. You have currants and honeysuckle. And in February, bullfinches began to frequent your site. Don't trust them. They do not come to decorate your site, but peck flower buds. Therefore, a bird net or, at worst, gauze can preserve your crop.
And yet, do not forget that without animals and birds, our life is boring and monotonous. And watching the pranks of our pets calms the nerves much better than any patented drugs and alcohol.
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