Comments on: Garden Score http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1246 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:50:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eloise http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1246/comment-page-1#comment-6886 Eloise Tue, 30 May 2006 16:49:16 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1246#comment-6886 Cuttings of human hair, or shed pet hair, makes a great herbivore-repelling mulch, believe it or not. Cuttings of human hair, or shed pet hair, makes a great herbivore-repelling mulch, believe it or not.

]]> By: Jodi http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1246/comment-page-1#comment-6867 Jodi Sun, 28 May 2006 06:37:19 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1246#comment-6867 As it should be. As it should be.

]]> By: Bardiac http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1246/comment-page-1#comment-6864 Bardiac Sat, 27 May 2006 12:22:37 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/1246#comment-6864 Have you tried Deer-off? I can get it (or similar stuff) at my local hardware or gardening store, and it works pretty well. It works by being noxious rather than poisonous (smells like rotten eggs gone worse), so critters usually don't want to eat it. You won't want to smell it up close, either, while you're spraying, but for me the odor fades pretty quickly. Some people also use formulations of fox or coyote urine. I don't know if butterflies would find it unappealing, though. Have you tried Deer-off? I can get it (or similar stuff) at my local hardware or gardening store, and it works pretty well. It works by being noxious rather than poisonous (smells like rotten eggs gone worse), so critters usually don’t want to eat it. You won’t want to smell it up close, either, while you’re spraying, but for me the odor fades pretty quickly. Some people also use formulations of fox or coyote urine.

I don’t know if butterflies would find it unappealing, though.

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