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GARDENING Thread
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OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
Roasted up some Anaheim peppers tonight to can. Love me some green chilis in enchiladas.
So I haven’t had very good luck this year with the garden. I’ve had voles or moles, mice, rats and, as some of you have seen, squirrels, pretty much eat everything to a nub. They have eaten potatoes, zucchini plants, pepper plants, bean plants, cucumber plants, tomatoes and more. I hope to try to salvage what I can with an electric fence, netting or a motion activated sprinkler.
Some pics of the damage. These are potatoes that were clipped from underground.
Zucchini plants
Beans
Pepper plants
Cucumbers
The corn plants are surviving so far but I’m sure they will go after the corn when it gets close. I have managed to harvest a few potatoes.
Hopefully I can find some way of deterring all the critters before the summer is over.
Some pics of the damage. These are potatoes that were clipped from underground.
Zucchini plants
Beans
Pepper plants
Cucumbers
The corn plants are surviving so far but I’m sure they will go after the corn when it gets close. I have managed to harvest a few potatoes.
Hopefully I can find some way of deterring all the critters before the summer is over.
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
Man that sucks! It’s the worst when you put in all that work and can’t enjoy the reward.
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Mike Pierson
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Sorry Cindy, that sucks. Hopefully you guys can get the fence and sprinkler to work, or something, that will work better for next year.
So far the corn is doing pretty well. I hope i can save some of it from the critters.
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
Decent haul tonight. Also picked out potatoes and in the process of getting attacked by a huge red ant populate, we got 13 pounds even. Not bad for only a dozen or so small slips.
For reference, those baskets will hold ten pounds of strawberries.
For reference, those baskets will hold ten pounds of strawberries.
TrailHunter
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Serrano Peppers? Those are my favorite.
Bullwinckle
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Good looking haul. Sucks about the red ants though. Hate those fuckers. Time for some salsa!
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
No, none of those this year. Bell, jalapeño, Anaheim, banana in the baskets. We have Tabasco and Mancino that we didn’t pick tonight though.
bobfriesenhahn
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Eddie and Cindy need a home for wayward squirrels? Can they send some to you?