You could try hot chilli powder to try and get rid of the foxes. I've recently had a fox problem and have suffered with neighbours' cat poo all over my garden too. Liberal sprinkling of hot chilli powder has stopped the problems. You do have to be persistent though (after rain and blocking up holes). It has also stopped grey squirrels digging up the flowerbeds/veg.
My own view is that these are wild animals and should not be encouraged by feeding.
I have a wisteria which flowed quite well for the first couple of years but I thought wasn't in the best place as it was a bit shady so we moved it to a South facing wall. It did really well the first year and then developed yellow/white leaves after it flowered (not dry and brown) and this year it only had 3 flower heads and the leaves are almost white again. Oddly the leaves seem quite strong but I assume it must be missing something. We topped up the soil around it's roots with new compost but still no improvement. Any suggestions please?
hi does anyone know where i can buy the spiral twister thing for holding plants upright that was shown on gardeners world show the other night fingers crossed someone can help thanks
hi susieq,you can buy them from any good garden centre or qvc [the shopping channel],also hampton court always sell them but thats if your going there...
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Reply to everyone I wrote this blog about foxes a few days ahead of its publication, before the news of the fox attack on those babies appeared. Whatever the rights or wrongs of feeding foxes, we always have to remember that they are wildlife and, by definition, wild, and therefore unpredictable. Although the handsome creature walking across my lawn looks regal and stately, it has a dog's mouth on it — large, powerful, full of sharp teeth. An adult fox is slight by domestic dog standards, but I would not want to mess with one. I remember my father telling me how back in the 1960s, he was out walking in woods in deepest Sussex, when he found a fox caught by one of its legs in a gin-trap. These were unsentimental days when all land-owners regarded foxes as vermin. He tried to approach it, but was driven off by ferocious snapping and snarling. They are remarkably agile too. In 1996, the flamingos in Buckingham Palace Gardens were all killed when a fox is thought to have scaled the 10-foot gates.
I live in a very rural place with many foxes who cause alot of havoc for chickens etc. They are cunning creatures and to be wary of, the can turn quickly into a vicious animal. We have recently had a van full of foxes released that were caught in urban areas which I cant believe anyone thought this was a good idea, these animals have been fed no doubt by people thinking how great they are, the foxes are now dying in the wild as unable to hunt. Please dont feed foxes, keep them out of your gardens !
I am a bit puzzled by all these comments about how cuddly and loveable foxes are. They fight and scream most nights in my street, which I ignore. But last night when my son came home he could not get to the front door because three of them were on the doorstep having a nasty fight right next to the front door. He is a big burly chap and managed to chase them away (they did not run away on his approach, he had to chase them off) and they carried on their fight in the street. But I am only small. And quite frankly I do not want to make friends with them. What should I do to deter them from fighting on my step?
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My own view is that these are wild animals and should not be encouraged by feeding.
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I wrote this blog about foxes a few days ahead of its publication, before the news of the fox attack on those babies appeared. Whatever the rights or wrongs of feeding foxes, we always have to remember that they are wildlife and, by definition, wild, and therefore unpredictable. Although the handsome creature walking across my lawn looks regal and stately, it has a dog's mouth on it — large, powerful, full of sharp teeth. An adult fox is slight by domestic dog standards, but I would not want to mess with one.
I remember my father telling me how back in the 1960s, he was out walking in woods in deepest Sussex, when he found a fox caught by one of its legs in a gin-trap. These were unsentimental days when all land-owners regarded foxes as vermin. He tried to approach it, but was driven off by ferocious snapping and snarling.
They are remarkably agile too. In 1996, the flamingos in Buckingham Palace Gardens were all killed when a fox is thought to have scaled the 10-foot gates.
They are cunning creatures and to be wary of, the can turn quickly into a vicious animal.
We have recently had a van full of foxes released that were caught in urban areas which I cant believe anyone thought this was a good idea, these animals have been fed no doubt by people thinking how great they are, the foxes are now dying in the wild as unable to hunt.
Please dont feed foxes, keep them out of your gardens !