Perimeter Control

In support of her effort to nurture Japanese water irises, the Iris Lady and I went to a presentation on water gardens at a local nursery. It was quite good. One of the topics was how to keep raccoons out, because they turn over plants and dig them up in search of grubs and clams. The guy who gave the presentation was really into the ecology of water gardens and how to avoid going the chemically intensive route. However, when the subject of raccoons came up, he went right for the "put razor wire around the perimeter" approach. It seems that was what they were planning on doing at the nursery, but they ran into some legal problems (or, one would think liability problems). Maybe they could leave the raccoon carcasses hanging on the razor wire as a message to other intruders.