Yes when many people are around animals go nocturnal. The wood of ohxf rootstocks is not actually got any farmindale in it it is really old home x bartlett. The wood like the pears are everyones favorite. My strategy was simple callery lived in the wild without people. The animals leave them alone they are like a weed. That is not true of things most people like to eat. BET has large thorns and like callery animals dont like it. If we were in Africa knowing these things would be a matter of life and death "Living Walls" Stop Lions From Attacking Livestock in Tanzania
" Living Walls" Stop Lions From Attacking Livestock in Tanzania
Fortified bomas are proving successful in preventing both livestock and predator deaths.
modern twist on a traditional structure in Tanzania has proved successful in preventing African lion attacks on livestock and retaliatory killing of lions, according to a new report.
The Maasai people of East Africa have long lived inside bomas, family compounds made of concentric rings of acacia thorns that encircle their huts and provide protection for both humans and livestock.
But because the thorns degrade quickly in the sun, bomas are not enough to keep out animals such as lions, hyenas, and leopards, which are capable of slinking through spaces in the dried-out barrier to reach their prey. When these big cats invade the compound and kill livestock, the Maasai often turn around and kill the predators in retaliation."
The same concept is true for deer and rabbits and other animals. These are animals we should kill for food not out of necessity to preserve our fruit crop. Ignorance kills many things in life. The deer and rabbits cut a wide path around my rootstocks as the trees mature. I graft several feet higher than other people. When rabbits are hungry in the winter they prefer elm or any tree to my rootstocks. The reason we have as many problems as we do is we make them for ourselves without realizing we do it. Once your locked in battle with rodents like voles or rabbits it is to late the mistake has been made. The deer are relentless with stealing from dwarf trees. Why not setup a deer feeder it is the same thing. Then deer are killed , fences are constructed, lots of water is needed etc… It is all in how you see things i’m giving a perspective as i see it in Kansas. The animals here leave me alone usually eat a few windfalls or mulberries and everyone is happy. Had my first raid on warren pears last year by racoons they stole some out of 1 tree. We laughed about it.
This time of year the rabbits are harmless
Once snow hits the ground they are not harmless Living with the cottontail and growing fruit
They check every ohxf rootstock i have. If they didn’t have a guard on my farm they get eaten. Notice the rabbit tracks looking for food. Can’t blame them for eating. Those tracks clearly show the guard saved that tree.
