Talk to any gardener, and you will find out they each have their secrets. How do you, for example, keep the small nibbling animals (like bunnies and woodchucks) from eating your garden? Some will say, "Sprinkle dried blood around." This is not as gruesome as it sounds. Dried blood is an organic fertilizer you can get at most garden centers. I know a guy who tried hair. He brought back a bag of hair clippings from the barber, and spread it liberally around the garden. Alas, neither of these methods works all that well, although some may swear by them. My father likes to put a small transistor radio in the garden, tuned to talk radio. He figures the animals will hear voices and go away.
Well, I'l going to tell you my favorite method of keeping the nibblers away. I sprinkle the plants with baby powder - the kind with talc, not corn starch. Whether it's the smell, or the taste, it seems to work. The only down side is you have to re-sprinkle whenever it rains.
There you have it, my gardening secret. If you have another way of dealing with this problem, feel free to post it in the comments.
