There Back

There back, the rodents, that is. Just like the movie Poltergeist, they just wont stay away.
The reason I believe is that there is a new home going in right behind our house, and the construction is pushing the rodents our way. Here is the dilemma, I have done everything I wrote about in my blog RODENTS IN MY GARDEN on October 15, 2008. So what to do if that fails? I have installed an electric fence around the garden, it is a two wire fence one wire is 2 inches off the ground and the other is about 4 inches off the ground. That seemed to keep them out, however, now my electric fence charger seems to be broken so I will replace it with a new one and see how that goes. Now for the little
prairie dogs. I have used the dog, disturbed there burrows, nothing. I was doing some research on how to remove prairie dogs, and this came up. "Using a transistor radio, play rock and roll music. The prairie dogs don't like the pitch of most rock and roll music and will leave." so I will be trying that SOON. I will post findings as I get them. As if that wasn't enough they are sloping there yard so that the rain run off will be heading right toward my house. I'm thinking that if I but in a small ditch at the end of my property. Hope that works. I will be getting flood insurance also that now is a must have..

Till next time

Happy Gardening

Getting cough up

 

Ya it has been some time since my last post, a lot has been going on. I will try to post more often.

I have spent a lot of time up in Denver helping my mom after her back surgery so the garden has been neglected so far this year. I think to day I have gained some ground on getting it up and growing this year. I did got bell peppers in, however, out of the 24 that got planted only eight are still standing after our last hail storm. I also planted 12 tomatoes and lost all of them. Now for the good news, I have more tomatoes and jalapeno peppers that can go out in the next week or so. Most of the herbs that I have planted are doing good and I have more going out side as well.

I have been teaching how to make hypertufa troughs for the Pueblo County Master Gardeners, I will be teaching a more advanced class some time this summer.

I have decided to put in more raised beds for the garden in hopes that the plants will do better here in the High Plains.

The plants that I have in raised beds are doing good and have been for years, so is it time to go all raised beds? May be..

I will be putting in a good part of the garden in to herbs this year so we'll see how it all turns out, also I am using up all my old seeds this year so I may not get the best harvest this year but I want to use up all the old seeds and next year I will be buying new seeds.

Till next time

Happy Gardening