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Tag Archives: deer
Berry Secure?
I mentioned the other day that the deer had eaten all our gooseberries. I know it was the deer, because I caught them in the act, brazenly eating them in broad daylight. With the ripening blackberries right next door to … Continue reading
Harvest Monday June 20, 2016
Welcome to Harvest Monday, where we celebrate all things harvest related. It was a good news/bad news kind of week in the berry patch. In the good news department, the Natchez thornless blackberries have started ripening. These berries are sweeter … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged blackberries, broccoli, deer, garlic, garlic scapes, gooseberries, kimcheese, kimchi, lacto-fermentation, lavender, lettuce
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Photo Friday: The Dark Side
Every once in a while it’s fun to show things that aren’t exactly going well in the garden. I’ll start with the hosta in the Shade Garden. Around here we call it ‘deer lettuce’, since the local deer seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Photo Friday
Tagged cold frame, composter, cucumbers, deer, greenhouse, hosta, spider mites
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Monday Recap: Tater Time
The potato vines started yellowing and turning brown last week, and that me it was time to start digging a few potatoes. I started with the fingerling Red Thumb, then continued with Russian Banana and Purple Majesty. That made for … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged butterflies, cabbage, cold frame, deer, green beans, Juliet, kale, Monday Recap, potatoes, summer squash, tomatoes, White Scallop squash
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New Fencing and Garden Expansion
At long last, we have new fencing around the main vegetable garden. This is a project some time in the making, since the original plastic mesh deer fencing was only supposed to be there for a ‘couple’ of years when … Continue reading