Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Possums vs Wolverine (You gotta love Hugh Jackman)

Well I have taken on the human vs possum problem, humanely of course, and hope that my Lapsong tea spray and diluted Tabasco sauce spray will do the job.
According to my googling, possums do not like to eat hot things and an organic website suggested the Tabasco which I mentioned previously. I have also had my wonderful husband construct a cage for my lovely climbing beans as you can see in the photo. Of course, this is all very well but just how I keep them from consuming my vine as it grows on the fence will be my other problem hence the sprays. Oh and I have also invested in a bird net, 10 m X 4 m, (do you think that will be enough??? Yes!!!)
I am trying very hard to live harmoniously with the possum community but I do feel that as they don't understand English nor know how proud I am of my veges this is the only thing I feel I can do. I did initially invest in 8 m of cheap curtain netting which you can see and it has worked well.
Keep your fingers crossed as I really want to be able to boast to family and friends that the beans are doing well and I also want to have such a wonderful supply that I get to freeze them too! Gosh I am so excited. Can you tell?

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