Re: Badger
Originally Posted by
Tiffany
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I would be honoured if badgers visited my garden.
Really? Then you're not aware of the facts!
Badgers will dig up your garden. The damage they do if they visit on a regular basis can mean you won't have a lawn - that will look like a ploughed field. That's the damage you face if you live close to a badger sett or a run............which sadly I do. I've tried everything to block up access into my garden but it would many thousands to have badger proof fencing. You can buy a product which kills the grubs the badgers are finding under your lawn (they look like huge white and yellow prawns), but that needs soaking the lawn every day for a month - and there's no guarantee it will work.
I have now solved the problem - I have an electric fence! It covers some, but not all of the lawn and is on a timer. When it's on it emits a high pitch noise, which keeps the badgers away. I bought all the components separately - total less than £100. It's wonderful - beats having to repair the grass every day and looking at a wrecked garden - and having badgers trying to get in through my cat flap at night or tearing down my fences to get out of the garden.