Garden Geeks thread

[theprofromdover]

Had a ground hog making holes near the garden. Not anymore.

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[theprofromdover]

We have a family under our shed. Haven't figured out how to solve that. Shed is BIG. Can't move it. It has also settled so we can't get under it.

Short term, try tossing a bunch of mothballs under the shed. Long term, wait until late summer and bury a fence down 12” around the shed. A pellet gun is easier and cheaper.

 

[walrus]

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Short term, try tossing a bunch of mothballs under the shed. Long term, wait until late summer and bury a fence down 12” around the shed. A pellet gun is easier and cheaper.

Better have a good pellet gun, tough sons of ........... Goose pinned him under a vehicle so I could get a point blank shot with a ..22 long rifle and it still took a couple.

 

[theprofromdover]

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Better have a good pellet gun, tough sons of ........... Goose pinned him under a vehicle so I could get a point blank shot with a ..22 long rifle and it still took a couple.

I had a 1200 FPS one pump. Killed a couple in their tracks but one made it back under the shed and stunk it up after a week or two.

 

[leswp1]

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Short term, try tossing a bunch of mothballs under the shed. Long term, wait until late summer and bury a fence down 12” around the shed. A pellet gun is easier and cheaper. ��

Mothballs- nope, didn't work.
Pellet gun- lilnsl has been shooting them for the last several yrs. It doesn't work, they pop up. We would have to excavate the area around shed- there is a wood pile, french drain.
Maybe a grenade!

 

[leswp1]

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LOve this time of year. Lowes puts a ton of Perennials on clearance simply because they don't bloom in this season. They are all healthy. 3$ each. OK. Works for me.
And Mandevilla 2.50 a piece. And a Hibiscus 2.50. For the win.

 

[alfablue]

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So I'm up to about a gallon of harvested raspberries and black raspberries. Still have a lot to come. Normally we miss this with a vacation, but with everything so late due to the wet winter and spring, I'm getting them now. Oh, so nice.

 

[Transplanted Tiger Fan]

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Poppin’ our first Zucchini off tomorrow. So far, so good on those... no signs of squash bug larvae.

(touches wood)

 

[walrus]

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Been driving on the coast the last week, I've seen a 4 petal flower on a 12 to 15 foot high tree. Most of them have been white but also saw an orange one. Not much to go on but what is it? It looks like an oriental dogwood but I assume that blooms in spring?

 

[alfablue]

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Made some popciles with just berries and Stevia. Nothing else. Totally awesome. And I have a LOT more berries to pick

 

[leswp1]

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So far raspberry pie.
Tomorrow Raspberry Clafoutis

 

[leswp1]

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Been driving on the coast the last week, I've seen a 4 petal flower on a 12 to 15 foot high tree. Most of them have been white but also saw an orange one. Not much to go on but what is it? It looks like an oriental dogwood but I assume that blooms in spring?

Odd. I know you are too the north but shouldn't dogwoods be done now?

My Daylilies are spectacular right now. Insane show. All diff hybrids. My Uncle belongs to the Indiana Iris and Daylily org (don't know the name). Every yr they have a sale and some of the daylilies don't get sold or lose their tags, etc. He sends them to me. Starting to mature and spread. Wow!

 

[bostonewe]

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Odd. I know you are too the north but shouldn't dogwoods be done now?

My Daylilies are spectacular right now. Insane show. All diff hybrids. My Uncle belongs to the Indiana Iris and Daylily org (don't know the name). Every yr they have a sale and some of the daylilies don't get sold or lose their tags, etc. He sends them to me. Starting to mature and spread. Wow!

Ours are insane also. We only have orange in our garden and our neighbor has a beautiful orange and red combo, but when we were at my parents' place last weekend, my dad has 100s of daylillies in a ton of colors and it was gorgeous. It's such a haven there (my dad's plan was to plant as much as possible around a giant house on their small plot so he would never have to mow when he retired -- mission pretty much accomplished).

 

[leswp1]

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Ours are insane also. We only have orange in our garden and our neighbor has a beautiful orange and red combo, but when we were at my parents' place last weekend, my dad has 100s of daylillies in a ton of colors and it was gorgeous. It's such a haven there (my dad's plan was to plant as much as possible around a giant house on their small plot so he would never have to mow when he retired -- mission pretty much accomplished).

You are always welcome to come shopping in my garden. I have some really cool double/tripple melon colored ones with a sort of reddish throat. They are really pretty. And prolific

 

[bostonewe]

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You are always welcome to come shopping in my garden. I have some really cool double/tripple melon colored ones with a sort of reddish throat. They are really pretty. And prolific

I think that will be next year's plan. I am awaiting permission to dig up the death bush in my backyard plot (I'm not sure if I need permission from the Condo Association, but I figure better to ask permission in this case). I will probably enrich the soil and then plant in that bed next year. Whatever bush is there now is gross - it's growing like crazy (I didn't prune it last year because I didn't know how). It has tiny yellow flowers that have all bloomed and died and the dead blooms smell like rot. I aggressively cut it back already, but I'd like to just dig it out at the roots and start fresh.

 

[leswp1]

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I think that will be next year's plan. I am awaiting permission to dig up the death bush in my backyard plot (I'm not sure if I need permission from the Condo Association, but I figure better to ask permission in this case). I will probably enrich the soil and then plant in that bed next year. Whatever bush is there now is gross - it's growing like crazy (I didn't prune it last year because I didn't know how). It has tiny yellow flowers that have all bloomed and died and the dead blooms smell like rot. I aggressively cut it back already, but I'd like to just dig it out at the roots and start fresh.

It will all be here. Probably bigger

 

[Fishman'81]

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Short term, try tossing a bunch of mothballs under the shed. Long term, wait until late summer and bury a fence down 12” around the shed. A pellet gun is easier and cheaper. ��

Back when I lived in town, I used to have to employ the ole Crosman 760 at very very close range, and directly between the eyes, to obtain the desired results... But, as we all know, the whistle-pigs are able critters, and don't give up on life easily. I camped-out right next to their hidey-holes for hours, and still failed to deliver the coup de grace at times.(Chuck fever, I suppose.)

Since 2015 I've been where I could discharge a .22. and that sure works better. Shot 8 of the little ******** before anything even came up this year. But, there's always another woodchuck coming down the pike.

So, we decided that maybe a fence would be easier (and less gory). Got some of those metal posts with the hooks on them, and a couple hundred feet of fruit tree netting to string along it. Left about a foot of it along the outside, weighted with rocks.

So far, so good. (And the deer and rabbits and turkies have all laid-off, too.)

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Are turkeys really a problem? We have tons of them in my neighborhood and never had an issue.

 

[alfablue]

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Are turkeys really a problem? We have tons of them in my neighborhood and never had an issue.

They do attack people. My wife was chased for quite a while until she was able to chance down a maintenance truck to help her get away. Nasty creatures.

 

[leswp1]

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Back when I lived in town, I used to have to employ the ole Crosman 760 at very very close range, and directly between the eyes, to obtain the desired results... But, as we all know, the whistle-pigs are able critters, and don't give up on life easily. I camped-out right next to their hidey-holes for hours, and still failed to deliver the coup de grace at times.(Chuck fever, I suppose.)

Since 2015 I've been where I could discharge a .22. and that sure works better. Shot 8 of the little ******** before anything even came up this year. But, there's always another woodchuck coming down the pike.

So, we decided that maybe a fence would be easier (and less gory). Got some of those metal posts with the hooks on them, and a couple hundred feet of fruit tree netting to string along it. Left about a foot of it along the outside, weighted with rocks.

So far, so good. (And the deer and rabbits and turkies have all laid-off, too.)

We put the black net fencing draped on and over the hardware cloth fencing and zip tied it at intervals. We then put in tall green poles and put further black fencing around each raised bed. We are still picking lettuce. Picked my first green beans and cuke today. Tons of tomatoes coming. Fingers crossed