Aussie Ora Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Thought I might just as well add a couple of pixs from the rebuild of my square foot garden boxes. Looks like my backyard lol .nice home you have there Mac do the bears destroy much or just wonder in now and thenOutback kamado Bar and Grill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted June 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) Thanks, Aussie, so far they have destroyed beehives that we had but that was many years ago, more recently they have only ripped down the two bird feeders that I was able to fix. Knock on wood they have not touched my garden. We never used to see bears and they have only become a problem in recent years. I believe it is because we have lost all the small farms in the area and a big outfit will come in and rent the land and grow huge crops of corn, there are acres and acres of corn normally. Good feed for the raccoons and bears. The outfit that was doing that went bankrupt this year and so far nothing has been planted. I guess we might have a lot of hungry critters. I am hoping they will move on. (The critters, that is.) Edited June 23, 2018 by MacKenzie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyS Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Really beautiful, MacKenzie. I used to have a fair size garden, but quit when the deer completely cleaned out 750 feet of cream peas, in one night! We were actually going to pick them the next day. But no bears! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted June 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Really beautiful, MacKenzie. I used to have a fair size garden, but quit when the deer completely cleaned out 750 feet of cream peas, in one night! We were actually going to pick them the next day. But no bears! Thanks, Randy. I gave up on corn on the cob because the raccoons would come and test it then just when I was about to get some they would come overnight and clean the whole thing out. :( 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyS Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 We actually do ok with corn, because the deer don't eat it until it is hard, past corn on the cob stage. There are enough hay fields around us that we don't see raccoons very often. The saying is that you know which (peas, watermelon, cantaloupe, etc., take your pick) are ready because those are the ones the deer have eaten or stomped holes in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted June 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 It is uncanny how they know when things are ready. The raccoons always came and tested a cob, if it wasn't quite they went away. Then just as it was ready they'd come and clean it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 I had a visitor yesterday - not a bear, thankfully, just a cute chipmunk (ground squirrel). He was just helping out getting the grill ready for supper! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted June 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Cute, I love those little critters, they are so gentle and normally quite shy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
