How to keep rodents from eating your avocados and oranges

1. Plant strawberries this month. Planting now allows the little bushes to develop so they begin producing harvestable fruit in February or March and continue into summer. You may use runners from existing plants, or buy new plantlets. Water regularly, but don’t start feeding for about a month.
2. To prevent nocturnal rodents from eating your maturing avocados and oranges before you can enjoy them, keep the trees trimmed away from powerlines, the house and shrubbery, and even up several fe