I had naively thought that the deer issue last summer had to do with the drought. Not so. Apparently there is at least one deer that has found my garden and enjoys the fruits of my labor on a regular basis. About 4 or 5 of the tomato plants I planted last week have been [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Pests'
Deer, tomatoes and a flower or two
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Critters · Flowers · Pests · Tomatoes · Vegetables
Oh Deer
May 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Ouch! This Paul’s Himalayan Musk rose cane and a couple of others just like it have been topped by one of our local, and getting braver by the day, deer. The picture is on the fuzzy side but look at those thorns for goodness sake! They are huge and red to boot. Isn’t red the [...]
Tags: Critters · Flowers · Pests · Roses
15000+ steps
April 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Yesterday I logged 15000 steps. This includes the 6690 steps it took to mow my part of the yard. I know this because my cell phone has a step counter on it. Too cool eh? Note to self. Do not mow over cut raspberry canes barefooted. Lets see… into the ground went my yellow carpet [...]
Tags: Critters · Cucumbers · Flowers · Fruit · Grapes · Herbs · Pests · Roses · Tomatoes
My New Rose and Other Goin’s On
July 1st, 2007 · 5 Comments
Three weeks ago tomorrow I had some minor surgery. I was only out of work for 2 weeks but this past week it was all I could do to get through work. By the time I got home I was exhausted. The garden received NO attention. This morning I was out in the garden by [...]
Tags: Beans · Critters · Flowers · Fruit · Musings · Pests · Raspberries · Roses · Squash · Tomatoes
An icky day and one angry mole
May 29th, 2007 · No Comments
No great gardening plans were carried out today. I ended up coming home early with stomach issues. After a nap and some medi, I did feel a little better but I am still not sure if it was something I ate, orneriness catching up with me or what. I knew if I accomplished nothing else [...]
Tags: Critters · Pests · Weather
Nothing Special
May 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Today was one of those days that started out rough (headache and a trip to the chiropractor) but I ended up getting a lot of little stuff done after a 2hr nap. I transplanted some small containers of willow (scarlet curls and black maul from cuttings), lavender (2 minis I picked up from ebay), chives [...]
Tags: Beneficial · Blackberries · Blueberries · Critters · Figs · Flowers · Grapes · Herbs · Nuts · Pests · Roses · Trees · Weather
Tomatoes are tied and a grape issue.
May 21st, 2007 · No Comments
In addition to the rain/alfalfa tea barrels I put together this weekend I also tied up my tomatoes. In years past I have used t-posts between every other tomato. In other words, two plants between posts. This year, being a bit short on posts I went to three plants between posts on the Indeterminate Big [...]
Tags: Critters · Flowers · Fruit · Grapes · Herbs · Pests · Tomatoes · Vegetables