On 7/8/2016 1:42 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
On 7/8/2016 7:38 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
We'll see if the Hooved Rats of the Forest still get in and eat my
field peas ... got one strand about 2 feet off the ground and one
about 6" to try to keep the rabbits out . But the worst culprits are
apparently the 'possums right now . They dig stuff up ... at least
the deer leave the plant in the ground so it has a chance to grow
back .
Cross bow or just a regular bow with good arrows can take care of
those critters, quietly. Then they go into the freezer. Among
gardeners it's called "getting even." G

How's the weather Terry? We're looking at another heat index around
109F just after noon. We get out early morning, get what can be done
done, then hide in the air conditioning. We are no longer tough pioneers.
I'm glad we added more insulation to the attic when we moved here
plus the new roof with very good attic venting helps. I'm to old for this
heat,
it's worse than Saudi because we have a lot more moisture in the air.
That and I'm 30 years older than I was then. I just hope we get an air
conditioned room when we go to the old folks home. G

Picked those crowder peas, a bunch of mild chilies for relleno's, and
damned few tomatoes. Cukes are starting to die back, squash have given
up to the heat and the figs are about out. Pears and kumquats are
growing well, if we don't get a high wind we might harvest pears this
fall.
George

It's 92 here with a heat index of 102 . I ain't going out much either ...
Been out in the shop making a pulley into a snatch block so I can get the
trees down necessary to continue construction , got too hot to work after I
welded some parts ...
I have a .22 and some 805 fps shorts that do a pretty good job quietly ,
I bought some CB longs awhile back and they're almost as good as a
suppressor. I do believe I could pot a cat on the back fence very
quietly if needed. Luckily the yellow demon that poops in our garden has
not been seen in many days, either it has become a house cat or got run
over.
bow is another option if the fence doesn't work . I've only got R-19 in the
ceilings , but have very good venting in all attic spaces , seems to work OK
. Looks like we'll be picking some tomatoes soon , they're starting to
ripen now . Field peas need to grow some more leaves ... grrrr .

Our crowder peas have very long runners, we've been trimming them but I
unwound one early this morning and it was 12 feet long. I may have to
run my lattice up another three or four feet.

Sometimes I miss our old house in Louisiana, built on an ancient sand
dune and about fifteen feet of detritus from probably a few million
years. Toss a seed in, jump back. Not to mention all the compost we put
into that garden for 22 years. I'm not sure we will be around 22 years
from now to see how this new garden is doing. G