Look at all that foliar beauty!

What do you do about the coons? Can you humanely trap them & relocate, or is it an occasional thing? How devastating to wake up to a Great Raccoon Plague.

Nothing I can or will do. Neighbor has a huuuge cherry tree and one raccoon brings her litters there every year to feed. I made the mistake of plopping a few of my hoyas onto one of the cherry tree's branches that overhang onto my property. Baby raccoons are clumsy and curious, just like human babies. One climbed onto the hanging basket I had the pots in, taste tested afew buds on sp. UT-005, and fell, taking the basket with it. I call it a plague because momma raccoon had a litter of six (!) this last summer.

You are welcome! Cutting looks right at home. :)

On the ranch here in North Texas we try to live and let live but when raccoons become pesky, raiding the gardens, breaking into the chicken yard for eggs and chicks..........we shoot them! Rabies are also present in the skunk and raccoon populations as well so one has to be aware.

That is the only thing I DON"T miss about New England, those darn skunks ! We don't have them in Florida.

Marco

My next door neighbors have these outbuildings that critters live under. Raccoons in the veggie garden, deer, a porcupine that's already nailed my dog, skunk grazed my cat, and too close to downtown to settle the score like the country girl I am. ;-) I am still going to try to grow some plants outdoors this summer, just hoping the wildlife and I can get along. Learning how to keep deer out of my stuff, they detest zinnias. Maybe a zinnia fortress is what I need!