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The real risk isn’t even people taking the fruit. Its rats you need to worry about. I like my fruit trees but there is at least one rat I know of that I am directly sustaining every night with this tree. Not sure what I can even do for this as if I ever catch this rat, another will take its place. Calories are on the table here, the environment is going to grow to consume that excess I’ve introduced to the local area.


> Not sure what I can even do for this as if I ever catch this rat, another will take its place.

Just move to Alberta[0].

0: https://www.alberta.ca/albertas-rat-control-program


Here in Seattle my farm feeds raccoons, birds, deer, squirrels, rabbits, mice, rats, and bears. Occasionally the orchards are left with some for us ;)


Time to make friends with your neighborhood owl/cat?


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