I had the most amazing reaction from my cat when it saw a snake on my patio. It really freaked out and wouldn't come back to that area for at last six months. I placed a rubber snake on my back steps and the cat wouldn't come on them at all. I had to go outside to place her food and even after a year since "the snake", she looks very carefully at the steps then come uphard against one edge constantly looking over her shoulder in case it's there. Perhaps string a couple of pretend snakes on the fence & watch its reaction. Good luck ... View related article.
I've utilized aluminum doors no longer required from our local tip,and positioned them teepee-style to grow vertically to allow for full sun and circulation to prevent mildew. I can move around and thru the middle with fruit hanging like grapes. I've planted both sides of the teepee with butternut pumpkins, cucumbers, climbing beans, peas & supported tomatoes. It takes minimal growing space & underneath the teepees,I've planted herbs, silver beet, rhubarb,strawberries, capsicum and lettuce.
In a tiny space, I've been entirely self-sufficient with greens,applying fertilizer and water only where required with massive reduction of snails,grass hoppers etc. Being on water restrictions, I've put a 50 litre container in the patch & any dead or dying material (grass etc - not infected with mold or blight) gets "drowned" along with some compost, dung etc, making the best natural fertilizer to apply to the drip line of each plant. Don't forget to put down straw mulch to suppress the weeds and retain moisture. Queensland in Australia has a humidity problem so we tend not to grow on fences so we can inspect for maintenance and also our worst enemy, termites! Keep up the go work! Regards, Good Neighbour ... View related article.
To all those wonderful people who helped me out, I contacted my Local Environmental Protection Agency who FWD the email onto Animal Management with my local Council. Their response was:'we shall be there next week & speak with the home owner & advise her of her obligations to comply with Local Law. We shall return in a further two weeks time to check what action has been put in place. In a further two weeks, an inspector shall visit to pass repairs. If not complied with, the Council will be taking legal action to enforce Legislation, so there's no need for you to do anything". What a weight off my mind. Keep up the good work! ... View related article.
