pigs destroying garden

[doscabos]

we just got word our garden in leilani is being damaged by pigs. we have renters there with little ones also. our property manager called the USDA about trapping and leilani association. Any other suggestions? We plan to move over this summer, and have been dreaming about the garden with many palms, cycads, orchids, gingers...Thanks in advance we've learned so much from Punaweb Ida

[Hotzcatz]

Try posting an ad on a local bulletin board for some local pig hunters. They do faster work than the USDA. Many folks set traps to catch the pigs you although I don't know if your renters could manage that.

[oink]

A .22 rifle works well also, if properly placed.

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.

[janeadams]

Fence it... Will keep pigs and other roaming undesirables out! Great for peace of mind.

Jane

[Les C]

Pig fencing exclosures can be expensive if properly done. It may not be too pricey for a house lot. Usually the bottom is buried in the ground/lava so that the critters can't root under.

[jdirgo]

Hmmm, since there was a reference to the Leilani Association, I'm guessing its in Leilani, meaning its an acre and meaning that if they fence the whole thing -- well it may not be cheap. Probably worth it, but maybe not if its currently a rental.

John Dirgo, R, ABR, e-PRO
Aloha Coast Realty, LLC
808-987-9243 cell
http://www.alohacoastrealty.com

[Guest]

Dried Coconut Fronds around your plants might help: See Here

The Nature Conservacy has a page set up to explain more about pigs in Hawaii in general.

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[Carey]

Some plants like Euphorbia lactea & bougenvilla are thorny enough that they make a good pig border, if you can get enough of them (we had a whole bunch of lactea we were giving away, but ended up taking a trailer load to the green waste; you may be able to find some one else that has some plants to get rid of) One of our neighbor (retired) has even done a bouganvilla fence (trunks are trained in a split rail type pattern w/ a lattice work on top...) beautiful, but took some time...

[janeadams]

We had 5 acres to fence, and went with a strand of barbed wire right at ground level, then 4' of hog wire, then another strand of barbed wire on top. We had the installers keep it as close to the ground as possible, and when they couldn't, we piled rocks along the fence to fill up the holes. That was 3 years ago, and we've had no pig incursions since. We're pretty religious about keeping the gate closed except when people are expected. We had a herd of pigs living just outside the fence most nights Dec. - January, and they rooted right up to the fence but didn't seem to try to get under it. We cleared the path for the fence, and hired Island-Wide Fencing to install. Really expensive, but as we are a commercial nursery, protection was required after the first couple of herds came through.

Jane

[doscabos]

Thanks for all the ideas. Jane, do you have metal fence posts? How did they place them? The front of our property is fenced and gated with a thick stand of McArther palms. Some of the palms along the garden edges have long thorns. We were thinking of removing them to make room for citrus. But now...maybe not. I will pass along the bulletin board idea to our property manager. We will be moving over in June. We are veteran deer, bear, porcipine, gopher, livestock in the garden. I guess this is the latest critter to deal with. Pigs in paradise. I bet they are tasty!!!