tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post8921524508079113173..comments2024-03-22T07:12:47.560-07:00Comments on Pitchpull: Catchin' Up, 10 July 2010Greybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-90203413985009749092010-07-12T07:35:49.248-07:002010-07-12T07:35:49.248-07:00Hey GB, Saw a show tonight, they were talking of g...Hey GB, Saw a show tonight, they were talking of getting bear or coyote urine in powder form, they claim you just add water and use it as thedeterent. Don't know never tried it, but might we worth trying. Or maybe a tape recording of growling or barking connected to a motion sensor. <br />Good luck to you.the golden horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997072300287533624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-30719674261931860732010-07-11T06:06:50.428-07:002010-07-11T06:06:50.428-07:00Yeah, Marigolds, that's it. Been on the tropic...Yeah, Marigolds, that's it. Been on the tropical flower circuit too long and couldn think of the name.<br />Hubby suggests a 8'privacy fence with constantine wire at the top.<br />Really, he feels for what you are going through also.<br />I hope you find a solution, keep us posted.the golden horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997072300287533624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-20992770204518286752010-07-10T19:56:40.875-07:002010-07-10T19:56:40.875-07:00Growing up in a "beach town" there were ...Growing up in a "beach town" there were only two jobs available to a kid; Gardner or bagging groceries.<br />I did both and had a great time doing it especially tending the garden of an old lady on the hill overlooking the Pacific. <br />It might be hard to believe nowadays that cougar, deer and bear might be a threat to a garden but back in the day deer would come down and nibble tender shoots of anything I planted. On a foggy morn with mist rolling from the ocean I'd walk teared levels of garden on steep banks behind Maggie's house and find deer prints amongst the vegetable patches. What was left of the crop after the critters had their fill seemed sweeter.<br />A garden is a good place to be.camerapilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816353137732112085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-41529561776034415902010-07-10T14:18:03.549-07:002010-07-10T14:18:03.549-07:00I tried everything to protect my roses from the de...I tried everything to protect my roses from the deer. Dried blood sacks, repellant, the place looked like a witch lived here, and nothing worked. I finally gave up and had Farm Boss build a 6' tall fence with lattice to let air and light through. They still eat anything that peeps out through the openings but that's all I ever found that worked. <br /><br />This year I had something weird cut off my pepper plants. Just cut the stems and leaves right off and leave them there. I was blaming squirrels (why not I blame them for everything else) but Farm Boss thought cut worms. Why though just one plant?<br /><br />In the Tucson house, I plant nothing that rabbits like. I see beautiful plants, so tempting but know what will happen to them within hours of being planted. Javelina will dig up some also, just root them out. and there we have leaf cutter ants which can take every leaf from a plant. Poison is the only solution for them and remember to repeat it.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-55904647570541413972010-07-10T05:18:27.695-07:002010-07-10T05:18:27.695-07:00Marigolds, GH, and they don't work...
Found th...Marigolds, GH, and they don't work...<br />Found that out last year. They may help with rabbits though.<br />I'm now hearing cayenne pepper from some...<br />In a solution w/water, spray it on the foliage, and whatever is eating the leaves will learn not to do that.<br />Wish I had known that a month ago.Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-70451129566090368442010-07-10T02:26:45.361-07:002010-07-10T02:26:45.361-07:00Feel your pain for the garden GB.
I have grown som...Feel your pain for the garden GB.<br />I have grown some of the most amazing tomatoes here,some over 8' tall, only to lose them to pests and critters.<br />Never got to harvest them. My mouth was watering for some fried green tomatoes, kiss idea that off.<br /><br />The birds just love ripe tomatoes. They will come onto the lanai and sit right on the bucket and help themselves while looking at me. They think my fountain is their own little bird bath. It is up under a tarp and near the house. No fear here either.<br />So I came up with an idea for a birdbath about 20' from the house, that seems to help a lot.<br />Bugs are another story I have gone to the nursery and bought an organic safe spray, they drink it like it was a coca cola. <br />Deer, we have none here, but does a scarecrow with noisey tin plates flying in the breeze on a string help? I had heard there was a flower, you can plant around the perimeter that wards them off. The name escapes me, but it is the little yellow and orange flowers that stink to high heaven. Are they scared of a motion detector, or do they just pose for it?<br />They have always told me that lizards eats bugs, well I am here to tell you they also eat plants, they love my bougainvillea. I do a sweep about twice a week to pick up snails and squash the slugs after the lawn is watered. The snails will eat anything not tied down.<br />So, the next time you are in the area, we should sit down and discuss our next plan of action over a margarita.<br />The best of luck to you this year on the garden.the golden horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997072300287533624noreply@blogger.com