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Monday, September 5, 2011

Let there be light!

 We have come to the conclusion that it is a pesky possum eating the purple (red) cabbage leaves!!
It all started back here.
 There are only a few little leaves left on most of the plants... I do not hold much hope for what is left!
I pulled this one out as I didn't think it had any chance of growing into a delicious red cabbage!
 I also discovered that the pesky possum seems to enjoy swedes too!!

On the weekend, I heard a great tip on how to possibly deter possums from having a nibble in your vegetable garden at night...
Apparently they like to eat in the dark, so if there is light they will not eat!
I only put the solar lights into the garden yesterday and will be monitoring the cabbages this week to see if the lights have done their job.
My fingers are crossed!

2 comments:

  1. Did you have any luck with the solar lights? I've been having the same problem and put in 2 solar spotlights this morning. It rained last night, so they didn't eat anything, but tonight might be another story. I don't really want to resort to bird netting, but I'm leaving my options open!

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  2. I think the lights did help deter the possum/s but we also discovered that we had bush rats hanging around - which we had to deal with as they were scurrying around the eaves of the house - so I am not sure which critter was actually nibbling away in the vegie patch.
    We managed to get a couple of cabbages in the end - good luck with your vegies - hope the lights work for you!

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