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"Je�us" <none@all.org> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:36:33 +1100, "Farm1" <Here@there.sometimes>
> wrote:
>
>>"Je�us" <none@all.org> wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:27:41 +1100, "Farm1" <Here@there.sometimes>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Je�us" <none@all.org> wrote in message
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>>>>> My poor Silver Birches have taken a real hammering from the little
>>>>> bastards. It's so disheartening to see a birch tree grow so well, then
>>>>> overnight the main stem is snapped clean off about 2 metres from the
>>>>> top... I melted some lard yesterday and mixed some kero in it. I'm
>>>>> going to smear it all over the birch tree's trunks in the hope it
>>>>> deters them.
>>>>
>>>>Interesting recipe :-))  Wonder if it'll work?  I'm trying to deter rats
>>>>round my hen house ATM.  I don't want to use poison so it's a watering 
>>>>can
>>>>of water down each hole once a day.  I now know what the expression
>>>>'drowned
>>>>rat' means.  I haven't quite managed to drown any yet but they sure hate
>>>>water in their holes and come up looking very saggy and most definitely
>>>>'Not
>>>>happy Jan!'.  Bastard things.
>>>
>>> Yeah, I can't any kind of plastic around the chook pen as the rats eat
>>> it... I've had a few rats and mice drown themselves in the water
>>> bucket, which is great. I use rat traps with peanut butter, caged off
>>> so only rats and mice can access it.
>>
>>One of the old Earth Gardens or Grass Roots mags (whichever one it is that
>>has Jackie French writing for it) had a great 5 gallon bucket rat/mouse 
>>trap
>>made by Kackie's husband.  The rats/mice climbed up a rampy/laddery thing 
>>on
>>the side of the bucket and when they went to get the bait, they were
>>effectively walking the plank and dropped into water for a very long
>>swimming lesson.  I've been meaning to hunt out the article for weeks so 
>>if
>>I find it, I'll put the details in here so you can get it on interlibrary
>>loan.
>>
>>I too can't use poison but I am sure tempted.  I have no objection to them
>>being drowned.
>
> Sorry for missing the rest of this thread until now...
>
> Drowning is one of the better ways IMO and don't have a problem with
> it. I've found quite a few mice and rats who've drowned themselves in
> buckets of water every now and then. If you do find those details, I'd
> be interested in having a look, cheers.

I'll see if I can dig out the issue and let you know which one it's in. 
I've been meaning to go back over my collection anyway as a very early one 
has an article on how to make a hat using woven bulrushes and our creek is 
full of prime rushes right now.  A nice job to do would be reviewing all the 
material over the non TV watching period that is the Xmas season.