....for this important harvest message.
I'm having a squeefest here! This is the third year I've planted a garden and the first year I've had any kind of yield--because the groundhog and the birds wiped me out every year. The groundhog found at least five different ways to dig into/climb over the fencing despite our changing the fencing twice and he/she leveled all the plants, including the raspberries; the birds attacked the blueberries and left us with 8 berries to ourselves last year, and pulled up and ate a lot of the seedlings. We now have a 10' fence around the garden that extends 4' underground, and 100 yds of bird netting over the berries and sprouts. I HAVE BERRIES AND LETTUCE AND PEAS! THE KOHLRABI AND CABBAGE AND CARROTS ARE GROWING MADLY!
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| Blueberries, black raspberries and snap peas picked this morning |
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| Black raspberries from Monday |
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| Rutabega sprouts |
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| Catnip startings--I must be crazy to think the neighborhood cats will leave these alone |
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Having started my seeds indoors in late February every year, it's disheartening (to say the least) to have the wildlife consume my work in a matter of hours in June every year. I have tried different fencing systems, I've run outside uncountable times to shoo them, I've used a paintball gun to shoot over their heads and eventually to shoot at them (paintball guns are notoriously difficult to aim, so hitting anything smaller than a human was impossible--but so very satisfying to see purple paintballs splat on the ground where the animal had been). I've finally beaten them! Yee-haw!
I also washed the newest yarn I've made. Not sure if these will go out for sale or stay with me. I really like the three white/blue/green skeins as they will make a marled knit fabric and there may be enough for a vest for me, the yellow/green and red/blue/lime/white skeins will be enough for scarves for abused women who have gone to a shelter for assistance--it's a charity close to my heart.
1 comment:
Glad you had a nice harvest and your garden is doing well. Other than bunnies, armadillos and insects, not much interferes with our gardens (if you can call it that) I live in an apartment and just have a narrow strip of dirt where I can grow some things, but not a full-fledged vegetable garden, but next year we are supposed to be getting a community garden with raised flower beds and I'm looking forward to that.
Have a lovely weekend and enjoy your berries. I love all berries, but raspberries are my all-time favorites.
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