Recently at a garden center when I was looking at deer and rabbit repellents for my vegetable garden, a fellow customer volunteered high praise for milorganite keeping them away.
It is marketed primarily for lawns and apparently packaged at sewer facilities. The smell is what repels them. I don’t know if it is true but I heard years ago there was a issue of heavy metals
this year, I want more of my vegetables than the critters eat.
Has anybody tried it? How did you you apply it and how often Did you rake into the soil.
Moose is not an issue here in CT but must be entertaining seeing them in one’s back yard. Also, I actually have 3 rabbit holes in my yard and I assume they have babies. I think trapping can be a great tool however, in my case, if I trap, where do I re situate them and what about the babies?
A fence was my initial thought but it would be a pain to erect and not my forte building fences.
I’m still hoping the milorganite will work and be safe.
We just called Fish & Game and they either picked them up or recommended a drop-off location. Or… just use your imagination! maybe a Davy Crockett cap?
Have used Milorganite for decades. Have a bag in my storage shed right now. This is the only product I use on my lawn…I’m in western NC, and use a robot to mow my half acre yard. As it constantly cuts very small amounts of grass (programmed to run when it is dry and daylight) that prevents weeds from blooming, and I have a mix of fescue/clover which is great for slopes and helps the nitrogen level of the soil, I do nothing else to maintain my yard. Milorganite is fine for slowly improving soil for turf, it is not a fast acting fertilizer. While we have wildlife (bears, deer, rabbits), I have only seen occasional squirrels - so perhaps the post may be true. I just use a hand spreader twice a year, and never rake my yard.
