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I would try selectively swabbing a mixture of thin corn starch gruel and =
cayenne pepper onto grapes where they are most likely to feed.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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From: P.L. Chalmers=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 1:37 PM
Subject: Grapes and Raccoons was [NatureNS] Breakfast at Portuguese =
Cove
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how one can keep =
raccoons away from grapes? My Dad has Concords growing around the eaves =
of the house in Bedford, and the last two years the raccoons have really =
taken their toll of them. He has always taken pride in supplying the =
church with some handsome clusters for decoration at Harvest =
Thanksgiving, but at the rate they are disappearing (even though they =
aren't yet quite ripe) there may not be any this year.
Patricia L. Chalmers
Halifax
At 11:11 AM 23/09/2012, Hans Toom wrote:
A Baltimore Oriole flew up into our grape vines shrouding the back =
deck trellis. Birds are impossible to see once in the trellis due to the =
thick foliage, all as planned for our summertime dining enjoyment. =
Shucks, we can't even see the raccoons when they are up there tearing =
the place apart looking for grapes.=20
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anyone have any suggestions as to how one can keep raccoons away from=20
grapes? My Dad has Concords growing around the eaves of the =
house in=20
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toll of=20
them. He has always taken pride in supplying the church with some =
handsome=20
clusters for decoration at Harvest Thanksgiving, but at the rate =
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11:11 AM 23/09/2012, <FONT size=3D2>Hans Toom</FONT> =
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shrouding=20
the back deck trellis. Birds are impossible to see once in the trellis =
due to=20
the thick foliage, all as planned for our summertime dining enjoyment. =
Shucks,=20
we can't even see the raccoons when they are up there tearing the =
place apart=20
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