^%$^ing squirrels!!!
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Happy Gardening anticipating the total annihilation of the squirrel species!!!
Two words!!!
July 15, 2010 at 9:23 pm (Squirrels)
Tags: Garden Pests, pest damage, squirrel damage, squirrels in the garden
Bugs in the Basement
December 22, 2008 at 5:32 pm (Container Gardening, Garden Pests, growing lettuce indoors)
Tags: Garden Pests, growing lettuce indoors
The lettuce is growing fine in the basement. The only problem is that gnats and/or white flies have found the leaves.
I’m going to have to figure out a non-pesticide way to get rid of them. The little buggers really had a population explosion over this last week.
Last time I picked the lettuce I got two gallon bags full. This time I got one.
We’ll see how long it takes until the next picking. I gave the plants a pretty good leaf cropping.
It’s probably a good idea to start a new batch of seeds because technically these are about three or four months old already.
Tomato seeds are resilient little things. Here’s a volunteer, and I can’t figure out where it came from because I used bagged container mix in these planters.
Everybody’s talking about the weather. We had a minus 30 wind chill yesterday and another snow storm is predicted for tomorrow. I REALLY DISLIKE WINTER. I guess the only upside is we’ll have a white Christmas.
Anyway..
Happy Gardening!!!
Technorati Tags: growing lettuce indoors,lettuce pests
Creative Concoction Couldn’t Chase away the Clever Creature
August 23, 2008 at 8:20 am (Garden Pests, Squirrels)
Tags: Garden Pests, pest deterrants, Square Foot Gardening, Squirrels, Urban Gardening
As you can see, the “Me Juice” thing didn’t work (see “Secret Sauce” entry). I just happened to be sitting in the back and heard the wind chime. I looked out of the window and saw this invader hanging on the tomato trellis. I ran and got the camera and was able to snap this picture while he was sitting there deciding what to do when he heard the door open. The first thought I had was to throw something at it, but I didn’t have my stockpile of rocks. The only thing small enough in reach were some cherry tomatoes I had picked earlier today. I decided against it. Didn’t seem to be a smart move to throw tomatoes at him to scare him off. I’d just be throwing dinner at him.
Well, now what do I do? It did rain today and I have been watering the tomato bed. Maybe the “me-ness” in my Secret Sauce has been diluted to the point of being ineffective. I’ll give it another try and reload, figuratively speaking, my weapon.
I hope this works. I don’t mind sharing my veggies with people, but I don’t want to share them with pests.
Happy Gardening!!!
