I am always very happy when I see a fox in residence on my property. They keep the bunny population down. Bunnies are by far the biggest problem. We resorted to getting a bale of hay in winter just for them to distract them from munching on my choice shrubs. It is always the one I paid $50 for or more and it is not possible to protect everything they might take fancy to any particular winter. Yes, I do have a dog but she does not roam at night. Even a big Doberman would have little chance against a well organized pack of coyotes. Maybe your fox was looking for mice? Foxes do eat our apples though but I do not know about carrots. -----Original Message----- From: Crawford Neil Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 12:02 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [pbs] Floods and wild animals Up here in Sweden we ducked the storm, they warned a lot but it mostly petered out. But I see they're warning for more floods in Southern England. We have plenty of animals here on the west coast of Sweden, I saw a moose went through our garden last weekend, they can be a real nuisance if they take a fancy to one of your trees, there won't be much left. We have deer, badgers squirrels, water rats, salamanders,snakes, frogs, toads you name it! Slugs and deer cause us most grief. This year we've had a fox digging around in our vegetables. Gardening up here has it's ups and downs, and animals are all part of the package. /Neil _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com/