Day after day for weeks now, rain and thunderstorms. Every time I start to work in the garden other problems crop up or there are bolts of lightning flying. I did get most of the plants transplanted but the peppers are still waiting plus a few things I started along with all the other unfinished chores. I have the pots but haven't redone the potatoes. The asparagus is in the bottom of the fridge and the Jerusalem artichokes are sprouting on my washer. Sigh.
The only thing producing is the strawberries. They are putting out about 3 to 4 berries every day or two. Sometimes I have to toss a few because they rot before I can get to them.
The onions are totally gone. They drowned in all this rain. They had looked so gorgeous and suddenly the tops died and they are rotting. I still have a bag of onion sets that I was going to put out in late May but I think I am going to save them for the early fall.
The cabbage have giant leaves but nothing is heading. The Brussels sprouts - nothing!! They have not changed one iota since the day I planted them. The broccoli is finally growing a little since last week. The fig trees are finally beginning to grow and leaf out nicely but the blueberries don't look much different from the day I planted them. The spinach drowned and my lettuce refuses to grow.
They only thing that seems to be thriving in all of this is the tomato plants. They all look great and are lush.
In the meantime, I am still finding a mouse here and there. There was a small one floating in the dogs water bucket this morning and I saw one scurry from under the dog's house. I poured almost an entire canister of that fox/bobcat urine under there but it doesn't seem to be discouraging them.
I also need to get some more borax. I found 3 planters covered in ants yesterday. I need to clear them out so I can start my melons in them. Guess that will be my project tomorrow or the next day.
Happy Gardening,
Linda B:)
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Not in MY Garden!!!!
I spent several hours putting up the new rows and moving things around Mon. Tues I managed to get the cucumbers and cherry tomatoes transplanted. I also did some other maintenance and cleaned a bunch of pots for the eggplant, stevia and spearmint.
Wed I thought I would tackle the Roma tomatoes first and then see how many more I could finish after that. Well things did not go well. I have two super size pots that I planned to put the Romas in. I had filled some shallow round pots with flower bulbs that I plan to transplant to the front yard later. These were sitting on top of the giant tomato planters so I was going to move them to another spot.
First one - no problem. Second one, I lifted the small pot and in the middle of the giant pot was nest of mice - there had to be at least 30 of them from large to babies. The big ones scurried out and took off in all directions. I grabbed the hose and filled the top of the pot with water and drowned the babies but the rest got away.
My stomach was in knots, my skin wanting to crawl away and my mind was screaming "time to move". It was awful and I still get pains in my chest and stomach when I think about it. They were all wrapped up in a ball about the size of softball. NOT a baseball - a BIG softball. EWWWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!
I was so freaked out I headed inside for an hour. While I calmed down the rain that was supposed to come in Thur arrived. We had thunder, lightening and rain the rest of the day and it is continuing today and tomorrow so my gardening is on hold again.
I had suspected mice were getting in the garden. I have had an ongoing battle with them taking over everything here the past year (since losing my cat) and mentioned it several times in my main blog:
http://villageramblings.blogspot.com/
I had done a lot of research about getting rid of mice. I was going to buy some of those plug in ultrasonic gadgets for the house but I read they don't seem to work after 3-6 months. I had been reading about using fox urine pellets to keep them out of my car and garden. I have read blogs all over suggesting their use and praising the effects so I thought I would give it a try.
After searching the net I finally found the best price on Ebay -
It is called Shake Away Rodent Repellent and is a powdered form of fox and bobcat urine. You can buy one 20 ounce container for $10.49 or two for $20. I went for the double order and paid $26 with shipping. It arrived Wed evening so I can't give it a try until the rain moves out but I will let you know how it works.
In the meantime I will try to get some more housework done and calm my nerves. Would margaritas be considered medicinal in this instance LOL.
Happy (critter free) Gardening,
Linda B:)
Wed I thought I would tackle the Roma tomatoes first and then see how many more I could finish after that. Well things did not go well. I have two super size pots that I planned to put the Romas in. I had filled some shallow round pots with flower bulbs that I plan to transplant to the front yard later. These were sitting on top of the giant tomato planters so I was going to move them to another spot.
First one - no problem. Second one, I lifted the small pot and in the middle of the giant pot was nest of mice - there had to be at least 30 of them from large to babies. The big ones scurried out and took off in all directions. I grabbed the hose and filled the top of the pot with water and drowned the babies but the rest got away.
My stomach was in knots, my skin wanting to crawl away and my mind was screaming "time to move". It was awful and I still get pains in my chest and stomach when I think about it. They were all wrapped up in a ball about the size of softball. NOT a baseball - a BIG softball. EWWWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!
I was so freaked out I headed inside for an hour. While I calmed down the rain that was supposed to come in Thur arrived. We had thunder, lightening and rain the rest of the day and it is continuing today and tomorrow so my gardening is on hold again.
I had suspected mice were getting in the garden. I have had an ongoing battle with them taking over everything here the past year (since losing my cat) and mentioned it several times in my main blog:
http://villageramblings.blogspot.com/
I had done a lot of research about getting rid of mice. I was going to buy some of those plug in ultrasonic gadgets for the house but I read they don't seem to work after 3-6 months. I had been reading about using fox urine pellets to keep them out of my car and garden. I have read blogs all over suggesting their use and praising the effects so I thought I would give it a try.
After searching the net I finally found the best price on Ebay -
It is called Shake Away Rodent Repellent and is a powdered form of fox and bobcat urine. You can buy one 20 ounce container for $10.49 or two for $20. I went for the double order and paid $26 with shipping. It arrived Wed evening so I can't give it a try until the rain moves out but I will let you know how it works.
In the meantime I will try to get some more housework done and calm my nerves. Would margaritas be considered medicinal in this instance LOL.
Happy (critter free) Gardening,
Linda B:)
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