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Mick7607 April 12, 2017 10:48 AM

Necessity is the Mother of Invention
 
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Years ago, I moved to a very rural location. I became very frustrated with squirrels eating pretty much my entire crop of tomatoes. I decided to relocate my hobby to escape the rodent thieves. I have a perfect exposure behind my store in the city, sun from sunrise till about 3 pm. A tree farming buddy gave me some 15 gal containers and so far so good. Been growing in this location about 5 years now. Nobody bothers them and, since I added the drip irrigation, production is excellent. And NO SQUIRRELS!!;)

Mick7607 April 12, 2017 10:51 AM

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Mick7607 April 12, 2017 10:54 AM

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Mick7607 April 12, 2017 10:55 AM

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dmforcier April 12, 2017 11:10 AM

You should apply for an urban beautification grant.

Nicely done.

NarnianGarden April 12, 2017 03:51 PM

Lovely! Hopefully all rodents stay away.
(we have lots of urban squirrels and urban hares, too)

pmcgrady April 12, 2017 05:15 PM

Nice Job!

ddsack April 12, 2017 05:30 PM

Looks like a really efficient set up with lots of light! Would love to see more when those plants are full sized and loaded with tomatoes! Congratulations on outwitting those squirrels. :lol:

dmforcier April 12, 2017 05:36 PM

And they don't even seem to be chained down!



[SIZE=1]S. Carolina? Okay, that makes sense.[/SIZE]

brownrexx April 12, 2017 06:29 PM

Nice. Does not look like good squirrel habitat!

Mick7607 April 12, 2017 09:00 PM

[QUOTE=ddsack;631522]Looks like a really efficient set up with lots of light! Would love to see more when those plants are full sized and loaded with tomatoes! Congratulations on outwitting those squirrels. :lol:[/QUOTE]

Will do around the end of June, early July. That's prime tomato time here in 7b (upstate SC).

Mick7607 April 12, 2017 09:05 PM

[QUOTE=dmforcier;631523]And they don't even seem to be chained down!



[SIZE=1]S. Carolina? Okay, that makes sense.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]

Surprisingly, I have never had a problem with people messing with my stuff. I did have a nice wino come to my back door and politely ask if he could have some tomatoes. I told him to help himself.:cute:

I was grateful that he just asked instead of taking them.

Small town in the South--- can't beat it.

Worth1 April 12, 2017 09:19 PM

Nice place.

Worth

dsyukon April 21, 2017 01:17 AM

GENIUS ~ !

peebee April 21, 2017 01:57 AM

Nice colorful cages! Where'd you get them?


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