Letters

Thank you, Andrew Messinger. The eighth paragraph of the “Ramble” article [“The March Garden Ramble,” Hampton Gardener, Residence, 27east.com, March 22] is most important for understanding the connections to the world of our ecosystem. If poison is used, other parts of the system are afflicted.

Recently, a dead owl was found by a friend’s family. The bird was buried.

Elaine McKay

Sag Harbor

The paragraph in question: “Now, consider the alternate outcome if I had been using a poison to kill voles. The owl may have eaten one or two, ingested the poisoned vole and probably died from being poisoned. It’s awful to disrupt Mother Nature’s food chain and even inadvertently kill a predator like the barred owl. Expand on this and think about what you put in your garden that might end up in the food chain and kill a beneficial bird of prey or other predator like a fox” — Ed.