I finally managed to snag warm-season transplants last week, and they're now in the ground (with the usual dance around spinach, lettuce, garlic, and the peas that are finally growing rapidly -- probably just to be zapped by hot dry weather).Soon to follow are the direct-seeded warm season veggies, although not that many. I sorted through my seeds today, matching up space to seed and will need...
Showing posts with label woodchucks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label woodchucks. Show all posts
Sunday, 10 May 2015
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
A brazen woodchuck
If the squirrels eating the kale weren't enough, a woodchuck appeared in the back garden yesterday chewing on buckeye leaves. They're full of nasty compounds. Amazing.At least the squirrels don't seem to like spinach, Japanese red mustard, or parsley (at least not yet).This is quite a sub-par...
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Slugs, woodchucks, and other gardening conundrums
A brazen woodchuck went across the front of the house this afternoon, undoubtedly heading toward the beans, as I was reading on the couch (looking out). Woody, our Golden is totally uninterested, of course, but I managed to rouse my gardening companion to help chase the woodchuck back into the...
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...