Gardentalk – Porcupine protection

Porcupine climbs up a tree near the bear-viewing platforms at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in 2014. (File photo by Heather Bryant/KTOO)
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski calls them giant, spiny tree rats, otherwise known as porcupines.
They usually don’t go after berries and garden vegetables, but their ability to feed and deleaf entire plants and trees could cripple them for years to come.
Buyarski recommends wrapping stove pipe or wide, metal flashing at least 4 feet high around the t