Hmm, disappearing leek tops and parsley had me suspicious about woodchucks a couple of weeks ago in the Piedmont-- really, parsley eaten from the large container on the top of the front steps?But, seeing two sets of does with fawns today -- one outside my study window, and the other near the Madren Conference Center where my SCBG colleagues and I do rotating gardening call-in shows on YourDay (we...
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Thursday, 19 June 2014
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Cleaning up for fall
I'm almost done "excavating" the main vegetable garden and the satellite garden in the Piedmont of their cloak of over-summering crabgrass. It was thick, and more abundant than I'd ever experienced before, thanks to the exceptionally high rainfall this summer.Evidence of deer and spotting of woodchucks (one has taken up residence under the garden shed) means that defensive measures need to be...
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Arugula
My arugula patches have sailed through the winter, so far, both here in the Piedmont and in the mountains. Of course, the winter has been mild! (It was 70° F this afternoon - peculiar).I had the idea that arugula's frost tolerance was more like "normal" lettuce (not Winter Density or North Pole or Arctic King), and so it's been a revelation to have these flourishing patches -- happily, it's the one...