Moose do my pruning

Sherry_AK · January 3, 2012

Three moose in the back yard this morning. This one is having a snack on the kiwi vine. Currants severely pruned also.

nicky · January 3, 2012

Great pics!!! Looks like the Moose is being stood up at the altar

I hope that they leave your plants alone after this pruning!

Cheers

Sherry_AK · January 3, 2012

Nicky -- Thanks. Yes, I think they will have done enough damage today. It never seems to hurt the currants, which they eat every year, but their work on the kiwi will leave me dead spots up at the top of the arbor which will be difficult to remove. I feel bad for them though, since it's been as cold as minus 25° here in the past few days and they must be hungry.

Sherry

rnewste · January 3, 2012

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Originally Posted by nicky

Great pics!!! Looks like the Moose is being stood up at the altar

Cheers

Nicky - Great tag line!!!

Raybo

Worth1 · January 3, 2012

-25, Sherry your really making me look forward to going to work.

Been nice lightly cool and sunny here in Texas.
Sort of like the summers up there.

Worth

Zana · January 3, 2012

Great pics Sherry!

My sibs were up "north" in the Muskoka area at our family place at the lake over the weekend....and woke up to a Moose family feasting on the crabapple or cherry tree outside the house. Papa, mama and twin babies. They must have been hungry like yours, since its been -15 to -25F for the past few days up there....unfortunately when they strip that tree, they usually end up killing it. That's the fourth tree in 5.5 years that's been planted in that position....all in memory of first my Mom and now also my Dad. Hopefully this one survives. I'm not sure which variety is the current tree, since I didn't do the replanting this last time.

Oh well....I think Mom and Dad would probably chuckle that their tree was providing a feast for the local wildlife.

Zana

sirtanon · January 3, 2012

Mind you, møøse bites kan be pretty nasti.

Sherry_AK · January 3, 2012

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Originally Posted by sirtanon

Mind you, møøse bites kan be pretty nasti.

But moose kicks can be deadly.

Quote:

-25, Sherry your really making me look forward to going to work.

Been nice lightly cool and sunny here in Texas.
Sort of like the summers up there.

Worth

Better wear yer woolies fer sure!

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My sibs were up "north" in the Muskoka area at our family place at the lake over the weekend....and woke up to a Moose family feasting on the crabapple or cherry tree outside the house. Papa, mama and twin babies. They must have been hungry like yours, since its been -15 to -25F for the past few days up there....unfortunately when they strip that tree, they usually end up killing it. That's the fourth tree in 5.5 years that's been planted in that position....all in memory of first my Mom and now also my Dad. Hopefully this one survives. I'm not sure which variety is the current tree, since I didn't do the replanting this last time.

We cleverly put up fencing this Fall around our "orchard" (defined as our 6 apple trees and the new cherry trees that we plant every year because they die!) to protect from moose. We spent the summer gathering dog pen panels, which are 6' tall. We linked a bunch of them together to cover 2 sides of the lower yard. Then on the other 2 sides we strung plastic construction fencing among the trees at the same height. First snow caused the plastic to sag just enough that a moose got in and subsequently plowed right through the chain link fencing, knocking it down (the fence and and moose!) and mangling it. Sigh! They do love fruit trees.

Sherry

ContainerTed · January 3, 2012

I know Alaska rules are strict, but this kinda activity demands that we make a large helping of "Mooseburger" and fries.

Sherry_AK · January 4, 2012

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Originally Posted by ContainerTed

I know Alaska rules are strict, but this kinda activity demands that we make a large helping of "Mooseburger" and fries.

It's really hard to watch them eating the garden in the summer. But I don't have a freezer big enough to hold all 3 of these guys!

ddsack · January 4, 2012

Sherry, I would almost give up my gardens to see moose in my yard .......... almost ......

And by the way, I love your new avatar, which tomatoes are those?

Sherry_AK · January 5, 2012

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Originally Posted by ddsack

Sherry, I would almost give up my gardens to see moose in my yard .......... almost ......

And by the way, I love your new avatar, which tomatoes are those?

Dee -- Maybe you should just wish to see moose in your neighbor's yard! They can do quite a lot of damage.

The tomatoes are Volgograd, which always performs well here.

Sherry

salix · January 5, 2012

We had some visitors as well, but my pictures are not as clear. Today there were four deer, pruning the Weigela...

DSC00112.jpg

tjg911 · January 5, 2012

i thought kiwi were grown in warm climates like zone 7 or 8?

what's all that white stuff on the ground? oh that's right you are lucky enough to actually live where there is a winter not like around here in the subtropical climate of connecticut. at the rate things are going the wood in the woodshed that is just for a year will last 2 maybe 3 years. and my snowblower, well i might as well buy a surf board. not there's any ocean around here but there's about as much use for a snowblower as a surf board. now last winter that was a winter!

tom

bcday · January 5, 2012

This moose in Sweden likes apples too...
Drunken moose ends up stuck in Swedish apple tree

January 3, 2012	#1
Sherry_AK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alaska Zone 3/4 Posts: 1,857	Moose do my pruning Three moose in the back yard this morning. This one is having a snack on the kiwi vine. Currants severely pruned also.

January 3, 2012	#7
sirtanon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ (zone 9b) Posts: 796	Mind you, møøse bites kan be pretty nasti. __________________ I could sail by on the winds of silence, and maybe they won't notice... but this time I think it would be better if I swim..

January 3, 2012	#9
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	I know Alaska rules are strict, but this kinda activity demands that we make a large helping of "Mooseburger" and fries. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

January 4, 2012	#11
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Sherry, I would almost give up my gardens to see moose in my yard .......... almost ...... And by the way, I love your new avatar, which tomatoes are those? __________________ Dee **************

January 5, 2012	#14
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	i thought kiwi were grown in warm climates like zone 7 or 8? what's all that white stuff on the ground? oh that's right you are lucky enough to actually live where there is a winter not like around here in the subtropical climate of connecticut. at the rate things are going the wood in the woodshed that is just for a year will last 2 maybe 3 years. and my snowblower, well i might as well buy a surf board. not there's any ocean around here but there's about as much use for a snowblower as a surf board. now last winter that was a winter! tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

January 3, 2012	#2
nicky Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ontario Posts: 600	Great pics!!! Looks like the Moose is being stood up at the altar I hope that they leave your plants alone after this pruning! Cheers

January 3, 2012	#5
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	-25, Sherry your really making me look forward to going to work. Been nice lightly cool and sunny here in Texas. Sort of like the summers up there. Worth

January 3, 2012	#6
Zana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,521	Great pics Sherry! My sibs were up "north" in the Muskoka area at our family place at the lake over the weekend....and woke up to a Moose family feasting on the crabapple or cherry tree outside the house. Papa, mama and twin babies. They must have been hungry like yours, since its been -15 to -25F for the past few days up there....unfortunately when they strip that tree, they usually end up killing it. That's the fourth tree in 5.5 years that's been planted in that position....all in memory of first my Mom and now also my Dad. Hopefully this one survives. I'm not sure which variety is the current tree, since I didn't do the replanting this last time. Oh well....I think Mom and Dad would probably chuckle that their tree was providing a feast for the local wildlife. Zana

January 5, 2012	#13
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	We had some visitors as well, but my pictures are not as clear. Today there were four deer, pruning the Weigela... DSC00112.jpg

January 5, 2012	#15
bcday Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY z5 Posts: 1,205	This moose in Sweden likes apples too... Drunken moose ends up stuck in Swedish apple tree