Quick Easy Way to Protect Garden Bed From Animals Digging Up Plants
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In this video, I show you a quick and easy way to protect your plants and stop animals from digging in your garden beds.
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I got a kick out of the video of the turkey chase. It was fascinating to see the turkey trying to hide from you and the camera behind the tree.
We had to build an entire shade house as big as my house.. bush turkeys and possums eat everything we plant
I loved how he scolded them like naughty children
Turkey’s used to sit on the roof of my house watching to see what I was doing to the garden ours are huge They can wipe out a garden in just a free minutes. They fly in the tree’s at night to sleep. Up to about 20-30 at a time. No mean if you chase them they don’t come right back at you I have seen them beat a fox off to save themselves. My garden looks good at long as it fully covered. They hate tomatoes. They still have to poke their Beaks through them. Mine are huge wild turkeys they can go as much is 40 pounds Blessing All
You can eat yours
You must have to wear your camera around your neck whenever you are in the garden to catch incidents like that on "film".
“Oh no! There couldn’t be 3 of you, that’s just overdoing it”. 😂😂 I got a kick out of that part. I know they’re protected there but I think I’d quietly have a turkey BBQ if they were destroying my garden, lol.
Same😂
@Morgan Allen They were endangered at one point, which is why they were given protected status. Just because that's worked shouldn't then be used as an excuse to start slaughtering them again. The USA seems to be using unofficial hunting regulations on their population though. No special protection for them!
It was like you and the turkey was playing peekaboo. I enjoy listen to you having your talk with the turkey.
at around the four minute mark, the little hide-and-seek thing you did, I've done with wild turkey and deer where I live. they don't really care if you get close so long as they have a long run nearby.
Love the Turkey 🦃 attempting to hide from you, back and forth, behind the trees. - and how you spoke to them! I nearly woke my husband while watching this video with ear buds, super early this morning, when literal sounds of chuckling laughter emitted from my mouth! I even surprised myself hearing this, for it’s so rare. I usually just laugh inside to things. Thank you, for sharing this with us, for your humor, knowledge, wisdom & doing what you do! ❤️
WOW scrub bush turkeys like to dig Mark. I guess we all have our pests but like all great gardeners, we find ways to put them off until the plants establish and then we can release them free to the world. Great video my friend
Cheers Tony! :)
@@Selfsufficientme Hi what is that big mark on your hand ? Tell me about it. Was it a big accident ?
Used to love the scrub turkeys on the block. Only ever had one problem with them. That was eating the pumpkins from the back.
I'd go to grab a pumpkin that looked vreat only to find half of it missing!! 😁
Ours haven't started eating pumpkins yet, thankfully, or they might end up in a pumpkin stew! Cheers :)
We have that problem from possums they usually half eat the pumpkins or take a bite out of each one ..which makes them rot
@@helenh20mo check with your local council. Some offer possum traps and I believe relocate them, it might help
Cool video, good to see you had a quick easy fix without harming the turkeys.
Thank you. Very timely.
I have jolly bandicoots (I think, as they strike at night) snuffing around in my new garden bed in northern NSW. This has given me some ideas how to deal with them.
Timely video Mark! I'm trying to see how to prevent similar issues here that we had last year. I set up a trail cam to see who was eating my spinach. Over 200 pics in the first night! Birds, rabbits, mice, and a friggin groundhog! Who knew they all were Popeye fans?
Great ideas ! I am in western Japan and we get alot of bears, pheasants and deer here that get into the garden so I will give it a shot ! Ta
Wow that was an amazing job that Turkey did moving all that mulch across the yard. Animals are amazing every single day they fight to survive and do amazing things to build homes
Hate birds digging through my mulch making a mess taking my worms, I buy a roll of fly wire mesh and use that to cover my ground and make the cuts with a razor blade to go around the base of the plant and hold it down with spare rocks I have.. works a treat!
industrious little buggers. im impressed by the tenacity of those little turkeys haha. what a pain though, im sure.
We were praying through those rains glad to see you all are safe. We love your videos We learned alot. In today's world we all need a victory garden! Cheers!
Praying doesn't do anything.
I literally walked out to my garden this week and saw a big hole where I planted my carrots. Thank you so much for this really relevant video for me especially!
when the third turkey popped out 💀😂 I wish I could have a lovely garden like this in SA, but unless I move to the hills, it's just too dry up river.
Have you looked into aquaculture of swales and rain gardens? It's a way to store water in the soil,funnel it through the yard so everywhere gets a good water and stops top soil being washed away as much.
You know what they say about eating scrub turkeys right? Stick it in a pot with a rock and boil it until the rock is tender then eat the rock.
I was going to ask , can you eat the scrub turkeys 🦃.
@@Blue-hf7xt You can live on it, but it tastes like shit.
Lol
@@bradcarby3765 i bet it just needs a little garlic 🧄… joke
Mark if you see this: I want to thank you. I wanted a garden and I only know about the low bed trenches from my grandmother. I didn't know you could have a raised garden bed or other methods. I think this would also work with pets too!
I have multiple raised beds and pots, and a family of 5 racoons in the neighborhood. The best deterrent I found is a simple plastic mesh that I laid on the base of the bed, cutting out spots for grown plants, and occasionally cutting new spots for new growth. So far it's worked perfectly!
Hi mark I’ve been watching you Since last year I live in NSW I have so much respect for you and I learn a lot from you thank you so much for your videos I appreciate it 😊
Never seen a brush turkey. Was interesting how tame they were...let you get so close. Love your videos!
Yep, I see a turkey dinner. Squirrel problems around here, traps and air rifles thin them out.
Love how you talk to the turkeys, play hide and seek with them, then give them a talking to on how to behave better somewhere else.
Love watching this. Not 1, not 2 but 3 beautiful birds, Thanks Mark. Love that you make space to accommodate the wildlife, after all they were here before us. 😊
Wow, that’s wild how comfortable they are around you. So funny to watch the chase. Thanks for the videos!
I use an electric net hooked to a boat battery to keep groundhogs, raccoons, opossums, and neighbors animals out of the garden. It’s about 2 feet high so you can set over. Seems to work well for me based on game camera showing them avoiding or sensing the fence on later visits. Don’t have much bird issues.
Mark, here in Melbourne I am just taking out the tomato plants from the 3rd sowing after an uphill battle with those pesky mynah birds. A family of these pests have been targeting the raised beds all summer and the toms in particular have not done well as the pests undermine the roots and then they bake if I don't spot them quickly enough. At the start of the summer these birds were up rooting all the seedlings as they came through and the basil and cabbages have been almost non existent as a result. I tried the cd's trick a wind chime and even special reflective tape but all the birds did was admire my attempts at decorating the garden. Like you I finally got around to putting some chicken wire down but I will need to do it earlier next year before the plants get too big and then leave them in place so the birds can't get to the soil or invest in a shotgun or some movement activated laser system!
I've resorted to using sturdy twigs, sticks and even small logs laid around the seedlings to deter the blackbirds and magpies. Next step is to make cages for the raised garden beds! (How good are home grown tomatoes though. Yum!)
@@charlie-jay I swear by green zebra, grosse lisse and yellow current. I tried the atomic grape others are raging about but they were very late maturing.
@@michaellinahan7740 I've had great success with Tigerella, so much so that all 12 plants this season were self sewn, then transplanted into two raised beds. I've not heard of green zebras, must look them up for later this year. Thanks for the tip!
@@charlie-jay just looked them up and they are very similar to the green zebra. They are also low acid. If I am honest about 50% of the crop don't make it into the kitchen as they are so moreish.
I have a similar thing to keep the neighbourhood cats from using my food garden beds as a toilet, except I have a smaller mesh that folds 90 degrees over the edge of the metal raised bed. I also have bird netting that has become illegal for its intended use (in Victoria), so it gets pinned flat against the soil to discourage scratching.
Great tips as ALWAYS Mark. I've encountered this problem in my inground garden from local birds. Will be trying raised garden this year for the first time. 😢 I don't know why I didn't think it would happen in those beds too. At least I know how to prepare for it now. Thanks
I wish it was that easy around here (Texas) to keep critters out. I have deer netting over my larger beds, and have been putting chicken wire over the tops of the smaller beds. Feral Cats, Opossums, Armadillos, Skunks, and especially large Fox Squirrels tend to be very stubborn when it comes to gardens. If they want in, they find a way. My yard is full of small dig holes everywhere from skunks & armadillos digging for worms, and I am unable to direct sow in the beds because they do so much damage to young seedlings.
I have seen vegetable garden enclosures used effectively to control larger animals. Think of a tennis court with a high cyclone fence and then netting across the top supported by posts on the inside. A galvanised skirt around the base of the fence will stop animals from digging under. There are two tennis courts in our area that people have converted to raised bed vegetable gardens. It's a real "hit" and an "ace" of an idea in my opinion :)
@@Selfsufficientme hahaha so punny
we have wild pigs here in my part of Texas....what a mess they make!
Use repel all sold at Lowes or home depot. It doesn't kill just makes it nasty smelling for them.
Mark, we love your videos and learn tons with them. Hope your weather improves quickly. To my Texas gardeners, how do you deter your wild pigs, racoons, opossums, armadillos, skunks, feral cats, birds of prey, and snakes out if your garden beds? This is my first year planting a full garden and don't want to waste all my time, effort, money, and all the seedlings that I've been tending since the beginning of February and are ready to plant. I'm putting a 43" garden fence around the garden area where I'm going to be installing 2- 15" Birdies and planting in the ground some Roma tomatoes, yautía root, and banana trees. I also have some tubs with potatoes, onions, and strawberries that I planted earlier that the haven't disturbed yet, but I know it's a matter of time. The pigs and racoons already ate all my Curcuma plants and they love to bite my aloe. Even ornamental plants they dig or eat. Please let me know how you are able to fix it. Any help will be deeply appreciated ☺️
For me in farther N. California--it's "limb rats", aka. squirrels that turn up everything whilst taking ALL my walnuts and pecans...lol.
Put some wood mulch near their nest may help, it may be egg laying season, so to keep their nest a certain temperature, this may stop them from going in the wrong areas such as your gardens.
All the other stuff in the bush is soaking wet but most washed away in the floods.
I was thinking the same. 🤣 dump a couple wheel barrows of dirst and some wood mulch.
Those brush turkeys look delicious protect your garden and eat them
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I am happy to see you survived the rainstorms I was very worried your show is fun ,informative and inspiring
It's nice to see you are still able to garden with all that rain. Thank you for the great ideas!
thanks dad:)hahahajust kiddin- but u r full of great ideas, just like my dad!!! i though i was gonna die laughin when you were goin back n forth w/ the turkey or side to side rather- its my first laugh of the day, so thank you for that too...We have white tailed deer here in North Carolins, usa where i live, and they have a habit of tearing up new and even well established sometimes tomato plants- it looks like they paw at them er something- the plants are straight in the ground when this happens- any ideas besides fencing or would sapling/small branches harvested from the property and put up fence-ish like work (well enuf)-any cheap ideas are most welcome from anyone out there ;p thanks so much and happy growin y'all
Thanks for the idea, I have about a dozen that love my veggie garden, in 2 days they had dug out all 13 beds. I did net the beds but that was hassle when it came to weeding so eventually the weeds took over.
I'm going to start my garden right now and was wondering how to keep the dogs away from it. This is a great help to start growing meanwhile I put a fence for the garden. Great, thanks!!
Wow!so nice.....
I love your video! Our problem, here in the southern U.S., is squirrels. They dig in our pots, vegetable gardens, flower beds, trees, gutters, attic space, bird feeders, etc. I enjoy living around nature and all its beauty... Squirrels, not so much.
Yes, squirrels, rabbits or crows. They all like to get into my gardens here in WV.
I made bafflers on my bird feeding posts. Out of chimney stove pipe and a cap. Nothing can get in them unless they can fly. Twist up some bird netting around the dirt in the pots. i’ve even made a mini fence out of it. NOTHING wants to tangle in that! Mine is close webbed black plastic type. I’m amazed how well it works. I’ve hooped my raised beds with cattle panel and chicken wire. Made a small hoop house on the ground out of bendable pvc and covered it with greenhouse plastic, chicken wired the ends. Made a door big enough door w/mesh cloth front to get into. Wow, everything is thriving in there. I know how fustrating it is. But my answer to them is. 💪 “I WILL WIN”. And it’s worked!
Currently also losing the battle against squirrels (in kentucky) until I get chicken wire laid over all my raised bed and my couple of in ground rows... new neighbors think I'm crazy after taking off my boots today and winging them at the SOBs. Also have a toddler self trained to chase them barking 🤣
@@jenniferbellaw5095 Ha! You are not crazy! After we bought our first house, we spent thousands getting them out of our attic space. They set up a vacation community up there!
LOL " I'm going to have a word with the scrubs. Don't go into my vegetable beds!" That's telling them.💕
I really like your methods that you’re showing to protect your plants my problem is I live in Mississippi and I don’t think your wire method would work for me I would like to do that but the hornworms down there are so bad I’ve never successfully kept a crop. I’m going to be moving back down there to some land that I have and I am trying to figure out how to set up a gardener. I have been watching you avidly for this and I really admire your set up. I think the netting method is probably gonna do the best for me because of the deer and the horn worms. Deer ate everything inside as well and I don’t wanna have to keep going to get here from the barbershop and so forth. So I would say the best bet is the netting system, For me. Thanks so much for everything and I I so appreciate what you do. God bless you
Thanks for the great ideas! I love seeing the different creatures from the bottom half of the earth!
K, this had me rofl as you discovered the 'flock'. Guess I won't complain about our resident voracious squirrels I've finally stopped from completely destroying our garden anymore after seeing those buggers! 😂😂😂🦃I had to completely cage all our raised beds in wire hardware cloth covered frames and that did it. We gardeners sometimes have to get creative when necessary. Loved your 'fix'.
We live in the USA - SW Arizona so we don't have those scrub Turkeys, but we do have ground squirrels & rabbits. On one RUclips video I learned that shavings if Irish Spring bar soap spread around or outside the garden will keep them away - they do not like the strong scent. Judi
Ah, good man!
In some circles vengeance/carnage would be the course of action.
Wholesome chap that you are (*whew*)
thank you for offering creative and symbiotic options to the mix.
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Seedy-Love to you from Northern most BC Canada
Great video again. Such an easy idea - thank you for sharing! That bush turkey moving that huge pile across the path - wow!
Moved away from the cities of south Mississippi by 30 miles and had a deer in my yard this winter 😄😶 was a treat! Definitely keeping in mind ways to protect my crop from larger animals than what normally roam the more populated areas, so this video had great timing!
Thank you Mark, for everything you do!
(Especially the Dad jokes 🤪)
Some plants and smells can help deter deer. Can't remember any off the top of my head but while looking for options for mice seen a few for deer.
From my experience with Deer in New York, even 7' high fencing didn't keep plants safe. They're interesting animals to view in the yard but absolute Gannets (British slang for any animal which eats anything!) at eating any plants including many of the ones we're told they don't eat!
Thank you Jeannie! May I suggest a fenced-off vegetable garden to protect your crops from deer. Also, a dedicated vegetable garden enclosure with a nice gate can look amazing. My Sister and Brother-in-law have three acres and within the property, they built such an enclosure for their vegetable patch to keep out their big dogs and the rabbits - it looks and works great. Cheers :)
I have to agree with Paul. I’m in PA and deer are some kind of athlete! You’re at their mercy. A fence in needed for some impedance. I can’t build anything too high due to bylaws of my home owns association. But another crop away from the garden (no fence) might lead them away from the main garden. Wolf urine is recommended but it’s too expensive imo. I have used my own urine, diluted it and poured it around the parameter. It’s cheap and worth a try. (Paul is also right that they eat anything.)
@@michelem9341 that's a good idea a sacrificial garden plant everything they can't turn away from. We don't have deer where I am so don't have any experience but thought I'd offer what I'd seen.
Yes! Our chickens keep digging up our garden every time I add compost or anything to the beds. They are a small breed and can jump/fly up about 2m so fences don't work. Thanks for the tips!
I've got to say I also have conversations with animals. They are definitely aware that there's a problem :)
An even cheaper way is to buy those lil whirling birds or round fans on a stick that turn in the wind. (Sorry I don’t know the official name for them). You can find them at the dollar store. Stick those in around the outer edge and it will deter them. Birds and other varmints do not like things them. They will stay away. 👍🏻👍🏻
Hey Mark! Do you have a wok in your hand when you are chasing the scrub turkey? I would save him for this year's Self Sufficient Me Survivor Edition to fill any hungry gaps :-) Might also make some great bait for Mud Crab pots. Cheers!
Thank you Mark for another fantastic video. I really enjoyed it. Very informative. It's nice to see the family dog again. Love listening to the birds in the background.
Hi Mark, I just wanted to say, your turkeys are beautiful and very different from the ones here in Canada. I noticed the tails on your turkeys go up and down our turkeys are side to side.they spread out like a fan, so to speak. Our wild turkeys are dark and not very. Colourful except for the red on the neck. It is very nice to see different wild animals from different countries. Thank you for another great video. Glad to see you and your family survived the downpour of all that heavy rain.
Be safe
Killer content mate. Wish I could live where u do.
Hi Mark,
After such a long time away from gardening it's wonderful to get excited about growing my organic vegetables. If I'm having not such a great day all I have to do is tune you in and apart from learning heaps you make me laugh.
Thank you
Regards
Jeanie 💚
Wow I didn't know that the bush turkey would bring in mulch from so far to build it's nest! That's fascinating, especially if it does it outside one's property 😕 I hope your solution works out. It seems like it is a parent with the chicks, so once the kids are older they might separate and move out to the bush/to less safe place.
Use 20mm conduit and bird netting slows most problems
Good early morning Mark! Forgot we had to set our clocks forward. Thank you for this tip. I've taken to putting up netting to keep critters at bay.
Hey mark have I suddenly gone deff
Mark.....you've hit the .....Mark!
Well done!
A beautiful bird and I am so happy to see that u do not use kill force to get ride of them...as many idiots do...thank you for respecting nature!
Mark, I always learn from your videos, and get a good laugh. Thank you🙏
Thank you for not taking yourself too seriously. Makes your videos quite entertaining. Peekaboo with scrub turkeys....love it.
I love that you say what we are all thinking and experiencing! Much love to you from New Jersey in the US!
I like the fact that your mindset is to learn how to live with them.
For pest insects I use a pile of logs or rocks next to my plants. This creates habitat for beneficial predators but I’m in NJ and we don’t have the deadly snakes you have in Australia.
I watched this, sort of remembered mine. I don't have a big garden yet. Been planting vegetables on 2 balconies. I have to use fruit netting to cover the vegetables pots on the balconies. Lizards are eating the seedlings and left a few droppings here and there as evidence. At times too much work, I just spray some liquid mixture of minced garlic and dried chili (spicy garlicky) on the whole vegetables pots and have since managed to deter lizards pests plus some mealy bugs or spidermites. Glad to know some new tips. Been diligently checking some updates. Keep it up, Mark!
Appreciate you sharing your excellent tips, thank you Mark.
That was a lot of work for that poor turkey to bring the little that made it to it's nest! I am trying to clean up after I let my 3 chickens loose. On an acre they had to throw out all my wood chips from my flower beds! Thank you for this channel!
I use galvanized mesh panels too; to ensure that the beds are not dug up by the birds; or the domestic cats using it as nice poo box.
WOW! Interesting!! Have never even heard of that Scrub Turkey before! Caught on video!! Good info, photography and tips! Have been concerned about all the flooding down under, and am so glad that you are mucking thru. and even gardening, in spite of all the rain and flooding.!! Very Best Wishes from Florida USA.
Love your channel Mark, I’ve watched and enjoyed every episode. You’re an inspiration with your knowledge/advice and your compassion and respect for wildlife is wonderful. You thoroughly deserve your successes. Gratitude from Britain 👍🇬🇧🇦🇺
I use 85% of my lifespace to grow vegetables, usefull to avoid digging animals, it also provides oxygens in the house and it smells good, I just have to open the windows to let insects travel to the flowers
Great video Mark! Thanks for the tips and ideas! We're going to try these on our raised bed gardens this year to try and keep the critters out!
Oh how lucky, to have turkeys in the area. I know easy for me, to say that as it's not my garden. Had a chuckle when it went from one to three. I use this method when I make a trench for my Bokashi compost. My dog Matilda love to did it up.
My critters ( squirrels) would 🤣😂 at me, if I did that. They are already out waiting for the crops to be planted. They would have already been planted but we had a surprise freeze last night, here in Central Fl. Wasn't expecting the 30's after being in the mid 80's for days. But, here it is! We invested in cheap greenhouse frames and will be covering with chicken wire, this year. Do folks eat those birds, or are they protected as well? Good video! Thanks, Mark. -P.S. it was good to se Ms Nina pop in a shot! 😄
I've brought quit a few chicken wire rolls lately because our new puppy likes to dig. I laid it on the ground and just let the plants to grow through. I will look into this wire mesh when I go to Home Depot today. I like that u can easily move it.
This was so much fun! That turkey trying to dodge you around the trees was so funny!
Good thing you have raised bed.
The one good thing about a flood is it brings all the minerals up in the soil and makes everything grow like crazy once its dryers out.
Here in north Qld, scrub turkeys are the bane of my existence and made me give up on my garden and yard for years.
Finally tried to get back into gardening last year. That meant planting in pots rather than into the ground for ANY plant. Throwing lots of wire, mesh, cardboard boxes, metal fencing, polystyrene boxes, bird cages ... you name it, you get the idea ... into my garden beds when the turkeys wanted to nest.
ALL of my garden beds - half of an acre - were subjected to stripping, ripping, shredding, damage and destruction for the nest build.
The other half acre I left natural for wild life was ignored ...
To rub salt into the wound, the nest was build right outside my bedroom window - so I woke up to the sound of the scrub turkey scratching up my garden and touting the 'wonderful' nest that was built.
... I hate them.
Hey Mark I just wanted to let you know that the blueberry bushes love your expended coffee grounds. I give them to mine year round and have bumper crops every year.
That's really cool watching them building their nests but not messing with your garden beds
That tree chase was absolutely hilarious 😆😁😄😆
Wow I just came upon your videos a couple of days ago and Im loving them.
You keep it simple and have great ideas.
Plus you are a happy fellow to watch which makes it all the better.
Holts Summit, Mo USA
Our problem out this way is Bower birds and I cover my raised beds with chook wire and 30% shade cloth for a couple of weeks until they're too big for the pesky rascals to nip off. Ants 🐜 are the biggest problem after rain ( not that we get anything like you've had recently), but when it does rain, the first thing the ants do is start building in the raised beds, have you done a video on how you control your ants Mark
Look up orange oil and blue Dawn Dish Detergent for how to kill ants.
I think this is the one I watched years ago. ruclips.net/video/Ijo3GwNy1zI/видео.html
Dirt doctor.
Looks like a pretty bird. So cool you caught that and thought to go back. Hope they don't cause too much trouble for you. What mother nature gives us.
Well I don’t know how an Australian turkey is but here in the states I’ve had friends who have captured wild turkeys and kept them as pets so to speak. Just like you do a chicken. Turkey eggs are wonderful I’ve had them many times. Maybe you could take that turkey and wrangle it and keep it for eggs if not I’m afraid I would end up having turkey for dinner. No matter how well it helps keep bugs at bay you could always do that with your chickens if you chose to. I love watching you and I love your counter thank you for all that you do and all of your wonderful advice. God bless you and much love from Denise 🇺🇸
Mate I asked you roughly a year ago for this & you did a video of it.... thank you
I really like your mulch. I'm in Oregon USA so it's not something I have access to here.
Thank you for sharing. Some of my chickens are getting out and getting in my garden. When the weather gets a little dryer I need to figure out how they are getting in and protect what I'm getting ready to plant.
Thank you I hope the rain has let up.
Sending prayers your way. Blessings to you & yours!
Great video brother!! Here in the USA we are in winter. I live in California we have not had rain for 3 months! We don't get rain in the summer here so we are screwed for water this year!!!!! Those turkeys look like good eating!!!
I like his method. I use a tarp over grass or build a soil pile to move my garden soil and stuff. Not a wheel barrel.
Your videos pop up every time I have a question - no matter how strange - you have a solution! I love your videos and my gardener friends here in Texas also have subscribed to you. I'm in zone 8b. so your videos are very applicable.
Cracking up at you having a talk either those scrub turkeys. 🤣 Love your videos!
I have the same problem on my balcony garden with some birds. It is sad, but I will have to try your methods. Thank you!
In the central USA where I live it is common to see Guinea fowl. They are about the size of chickens but not nearly so destructive. They will eat EVERY bug they find just about. Especially good for tick control which we really need.
Those turkeys were awesome!! They look like an American turkey x English bantam! Wish I could hire some after I mow, to rake the grass.
I talk to my critters as well. They remain unimpressed. 🤣
wonderful video, this will be very helpful this year
I laughed as you were talking to the turkeys. We have them as well but I've never had a problem with them yet
I do this to keep cats and squirrels out of my garden. I don't mind sharing but they seem to be attracted to my newly mended and planted boxes.
Yay you're back sir 🙂btw the Scrub turkeys looked guilty 😅