Pacific Northwest Gardening: living with wildlife, 0 by mauryhillfarm

mauryhillfarm wrote:
We call this pheasant "Mr.Beautiful" and so he is. I think the raccoons got all his lady friends so he spends his days trying to get the attention of the neighbor's chickens (who ignore him) and talking happily to himself as he discovers another tasty morsel in my garden to chomp on. At first I didn't mind because most of my plants in the veggie garden were large enough to sustain it, and he is quite entertaining to have around. I enjoy listening to his funny burbling chatter. But when I put out broccoli starts a few weeks ago he had a field day nipping apart the leaves. He did a fair amount of damage to some of them. I wonder what sort of spray repellent to put on the plants might work. He nips at the onion leaves also, so I'm not sure if a garlic spray would do the trick.

Any ideas? recipes? What works to keep your wildlife companions at bay, while still allowing them to be garden residents you can enjoy seeing about?