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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 27 JULY 2, 2013
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| July 2, 2013
| greeneyes
Posted on 07/05/2013 1:06:42 PM PDT by greeneyes
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To: Marcella
If you don't mind offing the squirrels, try a product called "Eraze AG" - five pound pail of pellets a little under 25 bucks.
I got to researching baits this past spring, since the little buggers got more aggressive and totally cleaned out our three backyard citrus trees.....two very small scatterings of this stuff the first week of April - and have not seen one since.
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posted on
07/05/2013 4:07:12 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Piffle....)
To: ApplegateRanch
Well, at least you have some really good sugar snaps. Some of my sunflowers also had spots on them before they withered, and a few had that same isssue of “clean” break.
Between the disease and the critters, not a great beginning for the sunflowers here.
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posted on
07/05/2013 4:08:33 PM PDT
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: Red_Devil 232
Sounds like your fruit and fig trees did ok while you were gone, and you’ll be able to put up some stuff this fall, maybe.
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posted on
07/05/2013 4:10:33 PM PDT
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: ErnBatavia
“If you don’t mind offing the squirrels, try a product called “Eraze AG” - five pound pail of pellets a little under 25 bucks.”
I would do that if I didn’t have a little Yorkie. I’m trying to keep from killing the squirrels with a pellet gun I have but my patience is about gone.
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posted on
07/05/2013 4:11:13 PM PDT
by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
To: Marcella
I am replanting in that spot, and also a pot or two. I did read that sometimes, when the spring is wet, the sunflowers are more susceptible to diseases.
I’ll probably spray them with my all purpose homemade cayenne spray too hoping to discourage critters.
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posted on
07/05/2013 4:13:21 PM PDT
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: greeneyes
If I kill a squirrel with my pellet gun, can I dump the dead body in my composter unit?
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posted on
07/05/2013 4:35:12 PM PDT
by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
To: Marcella
I wouldn't. Ignoring that it's wasting food, it will smell and attract unwanted critters to your yard.
Neighbor refrigerates his until trash day, and tosses them in the trash bag with everything else.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
I could do that. Put it in plastic bag and in freezer until night before trash pickup. We take our trash to a dumpster which is just a very short walk for me. They come on Friday and Wednesday.
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posted on
07/05/2013 4:46:10 PM PDT
by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
To: Petruchio
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posted on
07/05/2013 4:48:25 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Sarajevo
I bought a huge block of Irish Spring soap to use as a deer deterrent about five years or so ago. One good thing was that we had bath soap for some time.
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posted on
07/05/2013 4:50:53 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: JRandomFreeper; Marcella
‘Squirrel’s just a tree rat with a bushy tail. (’
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:07:29 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or Tyranny)
To: greeneyes
Does your city have an animal control department?
They do, but the whole county is overrun with deer. There are plenty of wooded areas to provide them with hiding places. My small city lot actually backs up to a heavily wooded area that is steeply sloping and probably will never be developed.
There are herds of deer in the city; my neighborhood is over 100 years old. Many of the houses not only lack garages but lack even a driveway; gaslight streetlights are still on some streets. This is not where you would expect deer, but they're here, they're big, and they are well fed.
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:29:25 PM PDT
by
Nepeta
To: JRandomFreeper
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:47:43 PM PDT
by
murrie
(Mark Levin: Prosecuting stupidity nightly.)
To: greeneyes
Not much to report from here, but we need rain. My pear tree has a lot of fruit. Hope to find a way to keep the raccoons, possums, and squirrels off when they get close to ripe.
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:52:21 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
To: tflabo
To: Sarajevo
I remember that article in the Texas Co-op Power. I may try that in an area of our yard that is about one third shaded and see if I can grow some fall tomatoes and bell peppers.
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posted on
07/05/2013 5:59:37 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
To: Nepeta
Hi Nepeta This is a pic of my moms tomato patch. She lives on 180 acres just north of Springfield, MO. Way out in the booneys with scads of critters. They had to put up an 8 foot barbed wire fence and get several deer chasing dogs just to be able to get a crop of maters. This pic was from earlier in the year. The fabric cloth and tires are the only way she can semi control the weeds too. She is 83. Plants about 100 plants every year. Boy I hope I age as gracefully as she has. I know this prolly doesn't help or make you feel better about critters eating your stuff. However, you are not alone in the critter problem department.
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posted on
07/05/2013 6:18:05 PM PDT
by
murrie
(Mark Levin: Prosecuting stupidity nightly.)
To: greeneyes
I ask for help some time back in identifying a plant in my neighbor’s yard. It is a wild plant and I can tell you two names that it goes by. The plant is known as a “yellow goats beard “ and also a “yellow salsify” I understand it is common in many states. One of my neighbors that is better on the computer than I came up with the answer.
Thanks for your interest in my question several weeks ago.
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posted on
07/05/2013 6:18:47 PM PDT
by
depenzz
("My tastes are simple. I'm always satisfied by the best" WC)
To: Nepeta
Shoot the critters.
I had 60’ of peas planted, two sides of the fence, and the damn mama deer got in there with her fawn somehow. I think the fawn slithered in there and mama got in there to get her. Then she tasted the pea vines!!! Ate them all down to about 10” or so. This was with double fencing, electric fence and electric tape.
Finally fixed it and they can’t get in any more. Set the peas way back. Fortunately it’s been cold so they’re still growing.
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posted on
07/05/2013 6:23:58 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
(For the first time in my life I am not proud of my country.)
To: Nepeta
If there’s a guy around have him pee in front of the bed where the tomatoes are.
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posted on
07/05/2013 7:25:22 PM PDT
by
MomwithHope
(Buy and read Ameritopia by Mark Levin!)
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