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Pat Kiewicz wrote:

Billy said:

Pat Kiewicz wrote:

I’m going to reinforce the chain link on the neighbor’s side from the
inside of the veggie garden and have set up a trap. Apples didn’t
seem to work on this one so I’ve added watermelon. I need
something it wants more than the soybean leaves…or hope that it will
give up and move on if only I build a better fence.

Spotted the groundhog feeding on the pile of mulberry shoots we cut
down on the neighbor's side of the fence. I think some tree trimming
is in order...and will put some of the freshest growth into the trap, too.

Maybe another line of shock wire lower down on the fence. If I have
enough insulators left. And shock wire.

Arghh. I've got enough troubles (health). Damn. Damn. Damn.

Agriculture, it builds character. Good luck with all your problems.

At least the gardening problems aren't life threatening. So far.

At least my body had the sense to break down in February, after I'd
ordered my seeds but well before I had to start them. (Staved off
a potential relapse recently but this isn't helping!)

Well, we knew we weren't going to get out of this alive. Enjoy it while
you can, for as long as you can.

My semi-retirement consists of working Fall and part of the Winter, but
it's been one thing or another in the Spring for the last 2 years. Last
year I was able to make accommodations, but this year I'm just
recovering from being sliced & diced (March, April, June). The plants I
germinated, have mostly died by now, through neglect. I just have gotten
my runty tomatoes in the ground (6 weeks late), store bought lemon
cucumbers planted on an unused trellis, and store bought basil, potted
up.

It will be a small garden this year.

I really feel though that the anticipation of the garden has kept one
foot moving in front of the other for the last several years.

The beans will go in today :O)

Non illegitimous caborundum (so they say ;O)

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