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I know, my point was I stopped looking through slack for your picture (if you even posted it to that slack) when I just saw one conversation that MaryChristine was dominating there.

lol, it would have been cooler if you were setting up my "MC is a trap" joke...
 

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So no to my Direwolf idea? Fine Scoot.... ima tell fisch to keep tearing down your fencing at night to let the rabbits in.
 

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So no to my Direwolf idea? Fine Scoot.... ima tell fisch to keep tearing down your fencing at night to let the rabbits in.
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A couple months ago, I had caterpillars in my garden, and they were eating up the tomato plants. A few weeks ago, and much to my happiness, I noticed a preying mantis in those same tomato plants. They are natural predators of those caterpillars, so I'm not worried about that anymore. But I've got a new problem now because I just noticed that something has been eating all my eggplants. As I approached my garden, a mouse ran up the wall that is adjacent to my garden, scaring the shit out of me. Other than a cat, is there any way to combat this problem?
 

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A couple months ago, I had caterpillars in my garden, and they were eating up the tomato plants. A few weeks ago, and much to my happiness, I noticed a preying mantis in those same tomato plants. They are natural predators of those caterpillars, so I'm not worried about that anymore. But I've got a new problem now because I just noticed that something has been eating all my eggplants. As I approached my garden, a mouse ran up the wall that is adjacent to my garden, scaring the shit out of me. Other than a cat, is there any way to combat this problem?
Mousetraps.
 

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my mother always put peanut butter on mouse traps as they seemed to be most attracted to that (instead of the cliche cheese).

Ok, maybe I'll give that a try. I used cheese in some and eggplant (afaik, they've only been targeting my eggplants) in others.
 

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Here ya go, scoot. Today's picks.
5 cukes, 2 squash, 1 zuke, 1 mater, 1 purple bell
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A couple months ago, I had caterpillars in my garden, and they were eating up the tomato plants. A few weeks ago, and much to my happiness, I noticed a preying mantis in those same tomato plants. They are natural predators of those caterpillars, so I'm not worried about that anymore. But I've got a new problem now because I just noticed that something has been eating all my eggplants. As I approached my garden, a mouse ran up the wall that is adjacent to my garden, scaring the shit out of me. Other than a cat, is there any way to combat this problem?
I constructed a helluva mouse trap using peanut butter and a 5gal bucket a yr ago...I'll see if I can dig up pics. It was super effective and eradicated overnight.

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I constructed a helluva mouse trap using peanut butter and a 5gal bucket a yr ago...I'll see if I can dig up pics. It was super effective and eradicated overnight.

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You get a 5 gallon bucket and fill it partially with water. You then lean a piece of wood from the ground to the top of the bucket as a ramp. I poured in a layer of sunflower seeds to cover the water and it likes like solid ground below. They jump in and drown.
You could also use a coat hanger, string a beer can on it covered with peanut butter. It acts as a roller and they fall in as shown below:




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I use mousetraps with peanut butter smeared on it, works great.
Poison might hurt/kill other animals that might eat a dead mouse; cat, dog, raccoon, hawk, crow... something to think about.
 

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You get a 5 gallon bucket and fill it partially with water. You then lean a piece of wood from the ground to the top of the bucket as a ramp. I poured in a layer of sunflower seeds to cover the water and it likes like solid ground below. They jump in and drown.
You could also use a coat hanger, string a beer can on it covered with peanut butter. It acts as a roller and they fall in as shown below:




1DoneClose.jpg




I use mousetraps with peanut butter smeared on it, works great.
Poison might hurt/kill other animals that might eat a dead mouse; cat, dog, raccoon, hawk, crow... something to think about.

That trap would be way cooler if you put baby alligators or piranhas in the water.
 

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That trap would be way cooler if you put baby alligators or piranhas in the water.

LOL. I forgot to add that you put a few sunflower seeds on the ramp to lead them up.
I don't do the bucket trap anymore. I had it outside on a weekday, it was 90+ degrees that day and when I came home there was a chipmunk floater.
Not a pretty sight several after hours in there in the the heat...
 

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How do I get caterpillars to stop eating my pepper leaves?
 

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