You guys, you guys. Some plants bad, others good? Some nature ok, but other
nature because it eats some of the nature you planted bad? Living on the edge of
the second-growth scrawny and beautiful woods that go on forever (god bless
tax-forfeit land) and propagating mostly just whatever happens to grow along with
some toughasnails take-over-your-yard in a minute perennials as well as some
hand-me-down bulbs, I don't mind the occasional bunny depredation, squirrel etc.,
raccoons and the occasional bear in the garbage. We share this place, you know.
Just because you paid "money" for something doesn't mean you own it. Relax. Don't
mow the lawn too often. You'll get wildflowers.
AK
Carol Starr wrote:
> 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...
>
> --
> carol starr
> taos, new mexico, usa
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
