Wildlife
Question: I am having a problem with mice eating the bark off at the root level of my junipers. It looks like it is epidemic in the area. I have used posion set out in little containers with access holes for mice only. I am not winning.
Answer: While mice can eat the bark at anytime of the year, winter & early spring are the most common times for this to occur. Mouse poison in small containers is often effective, but if not, spraying the surface with Ropel, (a bitter tasting animal repellant, that will not harm the plants when applied to label directions) also works. Applying a barrier, either plastic strips or wire mesh, would probably be the last suggestion we could offer.
Question: If many of my perennials have been sampled by the big horn sheep, will they(plants) likely come back in the spring? Do sheep eat things that deer do not?
Answer: For the most part perennials will come back after being chewed down. Many of them are herbaceous, which means that they normally will die down in winter, and come back from the roots. I haven't seen any literature on the tastebuds of sheep versus deer. I suspect that they are quite similar-a list of plants that deer don't like would probably include many of the same plants that sheep wouldn't fancy either. Both will try almost anything though!
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