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OUR MOTTO: Prov. 27:17~"As iron sharpens iron, so one man {family} sharpens another."
OUR MISSION: "We are ordinary Christian families assuming the responsibility of home educating our own children in a way that honors God & encourages other families seeking the same path."
MEETINGS: 2nd Monday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m. at the YMCA Robinson Branch game room.
CONTACT: Amy Welborn, McCheo Coordinator- (937)335-5318, Kelly Snyder, Newsletter Coordinator- (937) 339-0251 or Casey Cornwell, Field Trip/Activities Coordinator- (937)308-9721
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Combating Garden Critters
Posted at 5:53 PM on Jun. 16, 2009
Many homeschoolers keep family gardens...especially this year...so, here is some interesting advice from my latest installment of The Old Farmer's Almanac newsletter...
Combating Critters
Do you have any critters in your garden—rabbits, moles, slugs? Here is some advice to help:
• To keep rabbits out of your garden, surround it with fencing at least 3 feet high and 8 inches below the surface.
• Plant rue to keep cats out of your garden.
• To see a mole “run out, astonished” (according to 16th-century herbalist John Gerard), put a bulb of garlic in its hole.
• To deter deer and raccoons, tie old sneakers and clothes that smell of human perspiration to garden posts.
• Scatter garlic around your garden to deter many a pest—such as deer, woodchucks, and raccoons.
• Sprinkle ground red pepper in entrances to mole tunnels.
• If your neighbors don’t mind, play a radio at low volume.
Blessings, Kim Wolf<><
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