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On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 16:17:58 +1100, "Farm1" <Here@there.sometimes>
wrote:

>"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. 

Sounds like a plan, and thanks.