Double or even triple fencing keeps most critters out. Poison, cage traps, and powerful pellet rifle help.
Gardening ..again
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We used to have a beagle, rabbits made that mistake before. They all didn't make it.
I might come up with some kinda fence. Won't even consider poison. Don't wanna kill them unless I was gonna fry it. I have a couple of live traps in the shed, they might have to be called to duty.
Methinks the foxes have moved on. We haven't had this many bunnies around in years.
My dad was saying something about ocean state job lot for a cheap fence option
Whatever I come up with will be temporary, and easily moved.
Summer time is here, as in hot.
Hopefully youins didn't get any of that world record hail where your at Louis. We've got a full week of rain forecasted. So much for taking the boat out and going after some crappies. My little patch is coming along. Here's a picture of a pepper and my daughter's hand for scale.
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What variety is that Bell Pepper? I tried the Aristotle this year and am sorely disappointed.
That one is a Red Knight. New to us.
Have a couple of purple beauties that are doing well too. Not quite as big, but already turning colors. Not bad for only 3 weeks.
I know you guys are well into your growing season, and already enjoying some of your produce, but I'm still in the early stages, and crops are yesterday's news, but I have some lunchbox peppers that will probably be snackable in about a week.
Still waiting impatiently for the maters though.
Looks like it's going to be a another hot and "wierd" gardening season. Usually about this time (well sometimes in June) I'm usually pulling up tomatoes .So far they have barely started producing and I planted early. I'm going to pour the water to them. I had been only watering lightly so Blossom End Rot possibly wouldn't set in. But I'd rather see spoiled tomatoes than no tomatoes .
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The best cure that I’ve found is to buy a bottle of liquid calcium. Mix with water as direct in a hand spray bottle and spray the plants throughly, tops and leaf bottoms, about the time they start to bloom. I’ve been doing this 4-5 years and it has eliminated bottom end rot. Just one application does the trick and I’m still using the same 16oz bottle of it I originally bought. It goes a long way and back then it wasn’t at all expensive. No telling what it cost now.
Hope it works out for you friend. Nothing worse than all the time, work and care you put in a garden and have a poor yield.
We had some real high winds here yesterday. I thought my cucumber trellis was secure enough. It wasn't. Tipped right over and landed on the zucchini plants. I double staked it down now. Zucchinis popped right back up.
Tiller woes set us back. Ol' Reliable Troy-Bilt Super Bronco died in the gearbox. $1300 bid to fix. Identical (now Craftsman) at Lowe's $999. Bought one. Week later, no reverse so return for another. Got home, gassed/oiled/started right up. No reverse again. Back-up cable very slack. Guessing Lowe's unpacking/setup person ain't reading paper directions. 40-mile round trip to return new one. Plans are NOT coming together.
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Sounds like the same person has been assembling them. Hopefully the new one works out.
Strawberries. Blueberries. Black raspberry.. and one tomatoe.
Planted it in the front flower bed anyway.. I don't think they'll be bothered there.
Planted it in the front flower bed anyway.. I don't think they'll be bothered there.
