ah brad,
the woes of gardening; my sad tale involves gophers who have munched away and
eaten all my prize bulbs. nothing to do about it now as snow is steadily
falling,even as i write, perhaps i can do some drawings of their mounds and
turn it into an art opportunity. the rabbits don't come into the garden
because they are afraid of my akita, but the gophers are fearless. i'm gald
it's snowing and the garden sleeps (with the gophers) until spring.
whatever happened to the seed project and the tins you were going to put them
in, i have the seeds but haven't made little envelopes yet.
bests, carol
{ brad brace } wrote:
>
> Earlier this week, I discovered that my new viburnum bush had been damaged
> by a rabbit. It ate a lot of the bottom branches. I was furious, as I
> have been struggling with squirrels, now there's a RABBIT in town! So I
> got my can of pruning spray ( a petrolium based sealer/water proofer) and
> let fly. The goal was to make the little bush taste too bad to eat. The
> next morning, I saw how angry I was: the poor thing looked like it had
> been involved in a forest fire. It is dormant now, I don't think it will
> suffocate. But will the black "paint job" cause it to get too hot in the
> sun, then crack when it gets cold at night? Will a "tent" help? I can't
> imagine how to get some of the spray off without hurting the bark. It is
> only three feet high, and now lop-sided because of that over-sized rodent.
> I'll have to trim off some of the ragged twigs, but that can wait. It's
> still sleeping. Meanwhile, I'm looking for that scraggly alley cat that
> used to hang around here...
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carol starr
taos, new mexico, usa
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