Nice story, thanks for sharing. But are you sure raccoons are eating your plants and not deer? I know raccoons are omnivorous but I've never seen them eat water plants. Clay A. On Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at 12:37 AM, gsas-member-request@thekrib.com wrote: > My "Ponds" are really big Jardinieres (sp?) about 2 feet in diameter > and 2 feet high straight sides.... The fish are safe but the plants > get pulled up and eaten the minute they start looking nice. The last > time they also chewed up a bog plant (fly trap) on my porch that had > gotten particularly nice looking. > > Sigh.... > > I did, when I was much younger, sleep down in the corn patch with my > german shepard dog and 22 rifle.... A couple times I had to wade in a > rescue the dog however when he would chase the raccoons down to the > beach and then they would dive in to the water - He would go after > them. Raccoons are clever, all they need to do is climb up on a big > dogs head when he is swimming and they drown it. _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member