On 7/8/2017 7:46 PM, George Shirley wrote:
On 7/8/2017 7:35 PM, T wrote:
On 07/02/2017 10:30 PM, songbird wrote:
songbird wrote:
...
i've been trying to get the edamame soybeans
past sprout stage. the first batch were all
eaten by chipmunks as they sprouted.
...

buggers have eaten almost every one i planted
which sprouted.

so far i think i have about 4 plants out of
a few hundred seeds planted. i'm not sure i
will get any return from them until i harvest.
it's pretty late - i don't expect much of any
thing at all at this point.

not enough time to hunt or trap. the air-gun
needs a bit more sighting in with new ammo and
i haven't had any time for that either.

if i want a crop next year of these i'll have
to get a better fence and/or get the gun sighted
in and/or get the traps out again.

the bribes worked for a short period of time.
i needed them to work longer.


songbird


Speaking of bribes, my eggplant's leaves where just
skeletons with the leaf part missing. Couldn't figure
out who was eating them. Then one fateful night watering,
I discovered it was the stinking earwigs. Many have lost
their lives since then. And my leaves have recovered.

Those stinkers sure do love eggplant. And I know
where to find them at night. Sort of like catnip
for earwigs.

In the day, they love under my bag of peat moss. So
every afternoon, I rattle the bag and stomp away.
Down to one yesterday, from about 200 a few weeks ago.
A carnage ensued.

Death to Earwigs!

Be careful T, the very large earwigs may track you down for stomping on
their babies. BG

We're bumping the high nineties here nearly every day. The other day it
rained on our subdivision two houses away from us but not on our garden.
Wife is wanting me to suit up and do a Cherokee/Choctaw rain dance.

We're using one of those on-wheels portable AC's. I collect the water
that it grabs from the humidity in the air and use it on my flowers in
the front yard. If I don't pour it directly onto the flowers, I pour it
into a large barrel on the front porch to use later.

We get several gallons of water from the air every day. It can increase
or decrease depending on the humidity in the air. Free water! I
sometimes will use it in the watering can and mix soluble flower
fertilizer into it, too, and then water individual flowers that need a
bloom booster.
--
Maggie