2025 Garden Thread

[JDurk]

Our moon flower has been pretty active with a new flower every day. Got 2 today.

 

[SAM]

Peppers and tomatoes, including three more Black Krims, bring the total from the one plant to 22. I think it's done now.

 

[JDurk]

Found this when I got home this afternoon. Ants can stay there and out of the house.

 

[qclabrat]

Got a thief in the garden, lost two nearly ripe matos

 

[JDurk]

Blooms from yesterday.

 

[SAM]

Got a thief in the garden, lost two nearly ripe matosView attachment 267245View attachment 267246

 

[qclabrat]

Bandit got away, it's an old cage and had some damage previously by a raccoon and it managed to pry open the back and escape. I think it's squeezing in under the door to get into the garden. A real Houdini, will get it this weekend when I have some time.

 

[Patrick]

pry open the back and escape

Had the same thing happen - got some stainless zip ties to secure it.
If you are driving around, swing through and i'll give you some.
should be home after 2:00

 

[qclabrat]

Had the same thing happen - got some stainless zip ties to secure it.
If you are driving around, swing through and i'll give you some.
should be home after 2:00

I'm traveling, but will try plain zips first

 

[SAM]

Bandit got away, it's an old cage and had some damage previously by a raccoon and it managed to pry open the back and escape. I think it's squeezing in under the door to get into the garden. A real Houdini, will get it this weekend when I have some time.
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I attached old fencing to the gate in the gap below gate and on the latch side, which are both a little more than 2 inches. Also, put a paver stone threshold on top of some old fencing under the gate so critters couldn't dig under. Paver stones alone were not good enuf. Critter dug under and pushed stone into garden area.

Thought I was all set until found a juvenile-sized rabbit in the garden. Thing had squeezed through the gap in the hinge side of gate, which is only 1.5"!

 

[qclabrat]

I attached old fencing to the gate in the gap below gate and on the latch side, which are both a little more than 2 inches. Also, put a paver stone threshold on top of some old fencing under the gate so critters couldn't dig under. Paver stones alone were not good enuf. Critter dug under and pushed stone into garden area.

Thought I was all set until found a juvenile-sized rabbit in the garden. Thing had squeezed through the gap in the hinge side of gate, which is only 1.5"!

Yeah, mine has blue stone for the gate threshold with a 2-3" metal sweep. Seems it's pushing thru the sweep. Never happened before, think it's a ground hog

 

[JDurk]

Triple bloom this evening.

 

[JDurk]

Quad bloom today.

 

[qclabrat]

Quad bloom today.
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My daughter grew them also, first bloom

 

[SAM]

Friday:

Tomatoes.



Monday:

Strawberries are back some.


It's been a good year for peppers


It's been a bad year for squash of any kind. I do have a few butternut squash coming, but not a lot.


Tomatoes and peppers are booming

 

[JDurk]

1 low bloom


1 high and right

 

[JDurk]

Another quad this evening. Probably 5 tomorrow.

 

[qclabrat]

I'm gonna send you to Saigon!

 

[JDurk]

Last night wasn't 5, just 4. Got 2 before fully open.





about 20 minutes later.

 

[serviceguy]

I'm gonna send you to Saigon!
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What's going to happen to bandit?