I found out this week that those seeds that I assumed just weren’t growing, probably were growing, but something furry came and ate them. This time it took out all but one of my watermelon seedlings, and left a hole almost deep enough to qualify as a tunnel. I’m grating some soap out there to try and keep it away, and replanting one LAST last time. The soap is a handmade one that we got as a gift, but has so much essential oil in it that nobody can stand the smell! We had it sitting in the garage to keep the mice away. As for the seeds I’m replanting, I’m using every trick I know of to make them sprout fast. Hopefully they can catch up. It’s all summer veggies, no long-season stuff, so I should be able to get at least a little out of it.
The strawberries are starting to slow down, but I think it’s because they need rain, not because they’re done. The last few pickings were very tart. Great for cooking with, but not so much for fresh eating unless you enjoy reflux. Last night mom watered them for a while, she’d had a bad day at work and felt the need to shoot something, and decided that shooting water at the ground was probably her safest bet! I love my mom.
I got permission to add some “potato towers” to the backyard garden, and got the first one up ad planted. Like with everything, the work goes kind of slow due to my messed-up shoulders, but it gets done eventually.
Your comment about “furry” things reminded me: Last year I planted about 20 sweet potato plants. Rabbits promptly got all but two. Oddly they didn’t bother anything but the sweet potatoes.
We’ve had some minor trouble with crows eating the corn seedlings this year, but no rabbit trouble yet.