Outdoors, barrier treatments sprayed around the perimeter of your yard and home can be effective to prevent roaches from entering the space. These sprays are long-acting (many last three months or more) and will kill roaches on contact. For best results, look for formulas containing residual py...
HUMANE HINTS:Coyotes are difficult to trap in cage traps - leg-hold and paw-hold traps are the most effective, but considered inhumane, especially if the animal is not attended to quickly. If possible, instead of trapping, attempt to deter the coyotes from preying on sheep or livestock with...
Some gardeners will tell you to put citrus peels around to deter skunks. I’m here to tell you that technique doesn’t work. My baby skunks love citrus fruit. If it’s a fruit – any fruit – they eat it! Along the same lines, I have heard that castor oil or oils that contain c...
However, the truth is those adorable faces are just a disguise for what they really are; sneaky predators who'll feed on your farm animals or dig through your garbage. In fact, they will even destroy your property without a problem. They feed on turkeys, chickens, geese, lambs, baby pigs...
However, make sure you trained the dogs so that they don’t eat the chickens, and also keeping them order. This will act as safeguard around your yard and keep the predator away. Protective Roosters Rooster can be a dominant fowl and often shows protective traits. Their protective mentality ...
Pest Control: Chickens are natural foragers and will eat various pests, including ticks, beetles, and other insects. Having a run gives them the opportunity to help keep your garden and yard pest-free in a natural way. Fertilization: As chickens scratch and peck at the ground, they also hel...
2. A Clean Place to Lay Image via Shutterstock Can you recall how great it feels to get into bed when you’ve put clean sheets on it? I love that feeling. Well, so do your chickens. In fact, if their nesting boxes aren’t clean it can actually deter them from laying. ...
If you have dedicated time and energy to nurturing a young tree in your yard, it can be disheartening to discover vole and gopher mounds in close proximity.
Endophyte-enhanced grasses, namely certain types of perennial ryegrass and fescues, help deter sod webworms from munching on your grass. There are no Kentucky bluegrass (KBG) cultivars with endophytes, but you can always overseed with either of these other cool-season grasses to give a KBG la...
To deter insects, plant dill or thyme near cabbage. See Garden Products Recommended by Harvest to Table Caring for cabbage Mulch around cabbage—especially in warm weather—to preserve soil moisture and keep the soil cool in warm weather. Cabbage heads will split when they grow too fast and ta...