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Index of Subjects <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> </head><body style=""> <div> Dave probably knows more about this than I , </div> <div> but when we were young, my father always painted the stumps of </div> <div> small fruit trees with something to keep the mice and rabbits away. </div> <div> We were not to shoot hawks under any condition but snaring rabbits in </div> <div> the little orchard was allowed. </div> <div> The trees are still growing so it worked! </div> <div> Enjoy the spring </div> <div> Paul </div> <div>   </div> <div> On April 24, 2015 at 7:50 AM David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: <br/>> <br/>> <br/>> Hi Patricia, <br/>> The Elder will have a better chance at recovery, by sprouting from the <br/>> root mass, if the girdled tops are cut back to ground level ASAP. <br/>> Yt, DW Kentville <br/>> ----- Original Message ----- <br/>> From: <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca> <br/>> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> <br/>> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 11:32 PM <br/>> Subject: [NatureNS] Mouse Damage on Trees <br/>> <br/>> <br/>> > Snow is still several feet deep in most places in my parents' yard in <br/>> > Bedford. This evening I noticed something interesting though on the <br/>> > exposed bank above the driveway. Since it catches the sun the snow has <br/>> > already melted there. A large multi-stemmed Red-berried Elder had its <br/>> > bark stripped away for at least a foot from the ground up. The bare stems <br/>> > shone white in the snowy twilight. The entire shrub will die; the work <br/>> > of mice, I assume, under the snow. <br/>> > <br/>> > My Dad's fruit trees are still buried in snow - I hope they have not <br/>> > suffered. <br/>> > <br/>> > Patricia L. Chalmers <br/>> > Halifax <br/>> > <br/>> > <br/>> > ---- Nicholas Hill <fernhillns@gmail.com> wrote: <br/>> >> The hazel's female red flowers opened yesterday and two pair <br/>> >> yellow-rumped <br/>> >> warblers fly catching ? In an old oak. Dead deer on beach near Ogilvie's <br/>> >> wharf. Amazing mouse damage on bark of young fruit trees. Hard winter. <br/>> > <br/>> > <br/>> > ----- <br/>> > No virus found in this message. <br/>> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <br/>> > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4334/9607 - Release Date: 04/23/15 <br/>> > <br/>> </div> </body></html>
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