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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Yes, I can see them from the porch. :)

Replacement plantings for the bulbs puppies Shasta and Fremont dug up last fall. They spared the Allium, though; must not have liked the scent!


110 posted on 10/30/2022 9:07:38 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Squirrel seem to leave them alone too! They have been bothering things and I am waiting for the owls and hawks to take care of them. To stop this, I put chicken wire down over any recently sown plantings. (Japanese turnips/radishes, Spinach, kale, Chinese Cabbage, fast growing cool weather stuff.)

(Yesterday Planted Fall Estonian Garlic (mild, grows large and stores well) and Multiplier onions (Potato Onions). The multiplier onions also store well, but they are medium small with a strong onion flavor. I have Multiplier Japanese Bunching onions (Shin Rin something or other!) that have overgrown the 2 x 2 area I planted them in, so I have broken some of them up and replanted to a different area of the garden with more humus and sunlight. Onions do not work well here, but Multiplier types do.


111 posted on 10/30/2022 10:06:48 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Squirrels seem to leave them alone too! They have been bothering seedlings and mulched garden and I am waiting for the owls and hawks to take care of them. To stop this, I put chicken wire down over any recently sown plantings. (Japanese turnips/radishes, Spinach, kale, Chinese Cabbage, fast growing cool weather stuff.)

(Yesterday Planted Fall Estonian Garlic (mild, grows large and stores well) and Multiplier onions (Potato Onions). The multiplier onions also store well, but they are medium small with a strong onion flavor. I have Multiplier Japanese Bunching onions (Shin Rin something or other!) that have overgrown the 2 x 2 area I planted them in, so I have broken some of them up and replanted to a different area of the garden with more humus and sunlight. Onions do not work well here, but Multiplier types do.


112 posted on 10/30/2022 2:11:49 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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