Fox digging up the beds
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Fox digging up the beds
Any ideas to keep a fox from digging in the veg?
I dont think its eating the veg,it must be after insects or slow worms or something.
This morning there was a big hole in the carrot bed and yesterday one of the sweetcorn plants was just uprooted.It also likes the onion bed and the herb bed.Do they eat slugs as we have a lot this year and maybe the slugs like the aromatic plants so that's where the fox is digging.
I really need a method of deterrence as the fox has lived in next doors garden for years but the veg patch is a new thing.
I dont think its eating the veg,it must be after insects or slow worms or something.
This morning there was a big hole in the carrot bed and yesterday one of the sweetcorn plants was just uprooted.It also likes the onion bed and the herb bed.Do they eat slugs as we have a lot this year and maybe the slugs like the aromatic plants so that's where the fox is digging.
I really need a method of deterrence as the fox has lived in next doors garden for years but the veg patch is a new thing.
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I've considered this problem trying to keep Foxes away from my chickens. Although I havn't tried the idea, Human urine (I think it is better if it is male) is meant to keep them away. You could apply this directly or perhaps experiment with an open container or a rag.
I would be interested to hear if this works
good luck
I would be interested to hear if this works
good luck
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Are you using a new fertilizer or something else that a fox might find attractive? I've read that things like fruit, compost, and bone meal can attract them.
If the fox were digging in specific spots, or if you valued certain spots more than you value others, you could try laying a strong wire mesh over those parts of the garden to allow plants to grow up through it but prevent paws from digging down. Or if you own a wire mesh factory, I suppose you could lay a gigantic grid down over your entire property.
Also, is it better to have (A) a fox digging in your vegetables or (B) a man wandering around peeing on everything and leaving his dirty socks lying about? Because if it's B, I'll have to tell the wife I'm not as useless as she claims. I'm not just repellant, I'm fox repellant.
If the fox were digging in specific spots, or if you valued certain spots more than you value others, you could try laying a strong wire mesh over those parts of the garden to allow plants to grow up through it but prevent paws from digging down. Or if you own a wire mesh factory, I suppose you could lay a gigantic grid down over your entire property.
Also, is it better to have (A) a fox digging in your vegetables or (B) a man wandering around peeing on everything and leaving his dirty socks lying about? Because if it's B, I'll have to tell the wife I'm not as useless as she claims. I'm not just repellant, I'm fox repellant.
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Fox in socks, our game is done, sir.
Thank you for a lot of fun, sir.
Thank you for a lot of fun, sir.
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Re: Fox digging up the beds
You could get a electronic fox repeller, it's not strictly self sufficient as it's battery powered, but you can also get a mains adapter - I reckon it wouldn't use much electricity as the batteries last for quite a while, so it could easily be powered by a wind turbine or solar panel.
It basically sends out a high pitched noise that's triggered by the fox (or cat) walking past, my mum's got one outside her chickens and hasn't had a problem since!! http://www.primrose-london.co.uk/fox-re ... -1251.html
Worth it I reckon, she tried all sorts before getting it and nothing worked!!
It basically sends out a high pitched noise that's triggered by the fox (or cat) walking past, my mum's got one outside her chickens and hasn't had a problem since!! http://www.primrose-london.co.uk/fox-re ... -1251.html
Worth it I reckon, she tried all sorts before getting it and nothing worked!!
Fed up of seeing spiders everywhere Always the worst this time of year. Spider deterrent desperately needed!
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Re: Fox digging up the beds
to stop rabbits, foxes and my dog from going through the veg i put a 2ft high fence up with some chicken wire
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Re: Fox digging up the beds
Davy,
Sorry to be a wet blanket but our urban foxes often climb over our 6ft Greyhound-proof fencing
MW
Sorry to be a wet blanket but our urban foxes often climb over our 6ft Greyhound-proof fencing
MW
If it isn't a Greyhound, it's just a dog!
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Re: Fox digging up the beds
Davy do you have a very small dog?
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Re: Fox digging up the beds
Using socks to keep away a fox?
Is this some kind of sympathetic magic approach; use something that rhymes with the thing you're trying to deter?
Would putting a chair in the veg plot keep hares out but not work on rabbits? :c)
rb
Is this some kind of sympathetic magic approach; use something that rhymes with the thing you're trying to deter?
Would putting a chair in the veg plot keep hares out but not work on rabbits? :c)
rb