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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just joining the talk about bassets co-existing
with gardens - especially vegetable ones. Mostly they don't, but the DH and I
are still learning about that. You would think that 40 years and 4 basset
hounds later, we would have learned, but hey, we're slow or rather, the bassets
can beat us every time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Basset #1 - we got him as a pup as we had just
moved into our house with our baby boy. Come spring, we planted a first
garden - bantam corn was one of the crops. As we didn't have a fence, we
put HP (ATB) (for Hush Puppy) out on the clothes line with a long lead
so he could move around and we went in for dinner. After dinner, the DH
discovered HP had eaten the corn off 8 of the 9 ears of corn.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Basset #2 - still planting the veggie garden.
The snow peas came up on their netting. By then we had a fence around
the yard, but not around the garden. Roscoe (ATB) went out to do his
business. As time went by, we could hear whining and went to check only to
find Roscoe's dog tags were caught in the netting when he had been
stealing peas. He could also help himself to the lower raspberries on the
canes, picking them off gently.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Basset #3 - after Roscoe, a fence around the garden
went up. But, not a very sturdy one, so it came down one spring. By
this time, we had Winston(ATB) who had not been in the veggie garden
before. DH planted pole beans. 25 poles, with 4 bean seeds each
which sprouted. Winston was out one day doing his thing, came in
with dirt on his face and mouth. Yes, you guessed it - he had eaten
99 of the sprouted beans.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So a very sturdy fence with gate went
up.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Basset #4 - Lucie, who is now 3 years old. We
have scaled back the big garden and now plant in raised beds.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lucie can spring into the raised beds like a deer
and has dug holes in the beds etc. The raised beds now have 12" high
lawn fencing.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope all of you with bassets and gardens have good
strong fences separating them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Healing drool for all the sick houndies and their
peeples. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Karen & Lucie (I like green beans the
best)</FONT></DIV>
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