Of course if you also want to stun your visitor in order to drop it in the pot, the old gypsy method for chickens was alcohol laced corn....

@FrayedBear They use the corn laced with cheap vodka trick on the feral chickens that roamed the grounds of the hotel we lived beside in Bermuda, it was pretty effective but not as effective as our Bouvier. The groundskeeper would bring her treats for doing his job for him. After the first year we never saw a feral chicken but apparently they are all back now. Funny as heck watching the drunk chickens try to run away from the groundskeeper chasing them with a big gunny sack.

@Surfpirate Knew a chap who had a mate whose cat used to get high as a kite in the small enclosed balcony they apparently puffed their joints and cones in. He thought it funny, I thought it cruelty to the cat.

Thanks, I always buy with a view of the water, I don't need to be on it but I need to be able to see it. We are on a large island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River so the front of the house has a river view.

Fingers crossed and no prayers sent.

I try to be a little food self sufficient, obviously not enough there for two people to get through the winter on but it's a good start. We will use up 300 of the garlic for personal use and I will need another 100 for next seasons crop, the rest I will give to friends and family so they don't have to eat that horrible China garlic that is not worth eating. The rest I will share as I can and dry to preserve. If I can get enough romas I will can a few dozen mason jars worth of pasta sauce and I have plans for a root cellar using the sandbag construction system that Nadir Khalili pioneered.

@Surfpirate

Chinese garlic is appalling!

@Ellatynemouth I don't even want to guess what they grow it in but I am sure you don't want to put it in your mouth.

I was thinking about putting some grape vines in the back section but something tells me that they would just be very expensive deer feed.

Last year they ate all of my beets but 3, 4 whole rows and the next night they came back and ate the final 3 survivors. I was so annoyed I covered my beets with chicken wire this year. I am thinking about getting a paint ball gun just to drive them off but I feel bad for them because I feed the birds in the winter and leave out a little extra for the deer too. Maybe I just need to take up hunting again.