How to protect your vegetable garden from animals | Pest and Disease Control | Gardening Australia
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- Опубликовано: 1 сен 2022
- There is nothing more frustrating than when your painstakingly grown produce is destroyed by unwelcome garden visitors. Tino shows how to protect your veggie patch from animals, keeping it safe and functional. Subscribe 🔔 ab.co/GA-subscribe
Identifying the culprit is the first step to getting on top of the problem, and Tino shares his top tips to stop wildlife from completely annihilating your veggie garden.
RATS & MICE
Tino suspects there is a rat living in his compost bin. How does he know? There’s a telltale rat-sized hole at the base of his compost bin. Rats and mice love compost and will mow down tender seedlings, chew on roots, vegetables, and fruit. They will even eat your organic fertiliser pellets! You can tell if a rat is chewing on your citrus from the teeth marks. They will also chew on hard surfaces like timber garden beds and tree trunks. You can also tell if they have been around from their droppings as well as their smelly urine. Follow your nose!
Small rodents will often trace the same pathways around your garden, so move pots around regularly, and remove any water sources. This can help discourage their routine and prevent nesting in undisturbed nooks.
Secure your compost by placing it on a harder surface, use wire around or underneath the bins. Or dig plastic compost bins into the ground. To prevent destruction to newly planted seedlings, place a cage or cover over your seedlings, and dig it into the ground a little bit. Ensure there is enough room for the seedlings to grow, and once they are a bit more mature they will be less palatable to the rats.
POSSUMS
Common brushtail possums are found in all our urban areas and are protected native animals, so it is important not to hurt them. They tend to eat everything in the patch! But Tino has noticed they prefer to munch on flowers and fruit, compared to rats.
Netting your fruit trees and shrubs is a simple and effective way to deter possums, birds, and even insects if the mesh is small enough. Build a simple structure and keep the mesh nice and taught, peg the base down to prevent snakes and lizards from getting caught up in it. Make sure your mesh is white-most is these days-so that animals can see it clearly, and you can easily spot if any animals have been caught up within it to let them go.
KANGAROOS & WALLABIES
These larger animals can easily push over weak structures, so if they are a regular visitor to your garden, make sure to build your defences strong and sturdy. Tino demonstrates how he uses reinforcing mesh and bar, along with metal pickets to create cages in any size or shape you need to protect your tender seedlings.
Kangaroos and wallabies also love to graze on lawns, so keep your veggie patches far away from the lawn. You could even try planting native plants as a buffer between your vegies and the lawn, to encourage the ‘roos to feast on their natural food source instead of yours.
BIRDS OF PREY
You can encourage birds of prey, the natural predators of rats and mice, by increasing tree canopy cover and nesting space around your garden. This is a win for the birds, and for you!
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With rats mice deer wombats possums cockatoos snails slugs and snakes...im building an enclosed cage on all sides including top and bottom. Ive lost thousands of bulbs trees and plants in the past so this is the only way for me
Exactly, I’ve given up soil planting due to the constant and impossible battles with the pests. I’m now trying hydrophobic system for my plants, so much better!
When I have the money to finally get my fruit trees and vege gardens I spoke with my wife, we have ring tail and brush tail possums here. I'm going to net 3 of the gardens and let the 4th be for them. The fruit trees I'll bag the fruit but leave some for the possums. It's thier place too. But with loosening so much I can understand your side too.
Helpful tips on keeping out bandicoots would be great 👍
Tino, you are brilliant mate, I really enjoy your clips and full length segments. If I ever get down to Tassie, I would really enjoy shaking your hand. Thank you for your entertaining and informative videos.
I agree, this guy is awesome, I love him also 👨🌾
Thanks so much Kel, really appreciate you watching!
Great show people 💯💯💯🌱🌱🌱👍👍👍👀👀👀
No matter where you live, you have animals seeking your garden bounty. For me it is voles and squirrels with an occasional raccoon. I found it interesting to see your naughty creatures.
Raccoons and squirrels seam like such exotic pests to have to me, not like regular old possums,
Just get a cat
We have a cat, a big muscle bound bugger, he sits and watches the possums eat his dry food. Everynight we go and watch them, my wife can even hand feed 1 of the rings. An all enclusive household lol.