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| front row (l to r): swiss chard, lettuce; middle row: basil, beets; back row: eggplant, pepper |
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| front row (l to r): swiss chard, lettuce; 2nd row: tomatoes; 3rd row: squash, zucchini; last row: brussel sprouts |
Sunday, June 29, 2014
garden in June
I know these pictures look crazy but forgive me - they were taken with a cell phone. At least you can see progress in so far as the plants are bigger than they were last month... right? right?
Sunday, June 15, 2014
squirrels: 3, me: 1
I thought I had taken more pictures of these battles as they occurred, but I was mistaken. Alas, I'll need to just explain to you how round two went down we can jump to present day.
You may recall I, or more accurately, my strawberries, had a run in with some squirrels. After the massacre I used chicken wire to cover the bucket and the other potted plants I had out on my deck. I went inside feeling so smug, like "I showed you, squirrels!" only to find the next morning that the squirrels had dug around the wire and into the soil/roots. In this round we lost our comrade, the dear brussel sprout. Squirrels: 2, me: 0.
Undeterred, I rearranged the wire to better cover the exposed soil area in all of the pots, but this didn't leave much room for the plants to grow height-wise. I didn't have any more wire so I made it do and pressed the wire into the soil (as opposed to sort of floating on top) so that the squirrels would need to dig the wire cages out of the pots. It wouldn't have been hard, but it seemed to do the trick. Finally, success! Eat that, squirrels! ...No wait, please don't.
Fast forward a few weeks and it seems like the squirrels found everything they stored last fall and they aren't so interested in digging shit up anymore. Some of the plants are trying to grow through their cages, so I hope that means I can take them off now. I planted a new basil today and used the cage that had previously covered an eggplant - the eggplant was trying to grow up through it and the leaves were shredding in the process, so I'm sure it's happy to be freed. Let's just hope the squirrels really are done digging...
You may recall I, or more accurately, my strawberries, had a run in with some squirrels. After the massacre I used chicken wire to cover the bucket and the other potted plants I had out on my deck. I went inside feeling so smug, like "I showed you, squirrels!" only to find the next morning that the squirrels had dug around the wire and into the soil/roots. In this round we lost our comrade, the dear brussel sprout. Squirrels: 2, me: 0.
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| RIP Rus |
Undeterred, I rearranged the wire to better cover the exposed soil area in all of the pots, but this didn't leave much room for the plants to grow height-wise. I didn't have any more wire so I made it do and pressed the wire into the soil (as opposed to sort of floating on top) so that the squirrels would need to dig the wire cages out of the pots. It wouldn't have been hard, but it seemed to do the trick. Finally, success! Eat that, squirrels! ...No wait, please don't.
Fast forward a few weeks and it seems like the squirrels found everything they stored last fall and they aren't so interested in digging shit up anymore. Some of the plants are trying to grow through their cages, so I hope that means I can take them off now. I planted a new basil today and used the cage that had previously covered an eggplant - the eggplant was trying to grow up through it and the leaves were shredding in the process, so I'm sure it's happy to be freed. Let's just hope the squirrels really are done digging...
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| Pepper |
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