Re: This and that
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  • Subject: Re: This and that
  • From: B* <b*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 23:32:01 +0000 (UTC)
Hey, life sometimes is... 

Bonnie 
ETN Zone 7 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net> 
To: gardenchat@hort.net 
Sent: Friday, July 9, 2010 8:26:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] This and that 

I've considered offering them to troubled friends, but it seems crude. 

Kitty 
neIN, Zone 5 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BONNIE_HOLMES" <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net> 
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 6:13 PM 
Subject: Re: [CHAT] This and that 


> Market them. 
> 
> Bonnie 
> ETN Zone 7 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net> 
> To: gardenchat@hort.net 
> Sent: Friday, July 9, 2010 7:23:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] This and that 
> 
> Bleach is a bad idea for the reasons previously stated. 
> I have found the best (most successfull as well as environmentally 
> friendly) 
> solution is scooped cat litter. 
> The cat pees, I scoop the nice round patty, place it over the chipmunk 
> hole, 
> and they don't come back. They'll push out bricks, soil, anything else you 
> put in their way, but no pee patties. 
> 
> Kitty 
> neIN, Zone 5 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "BONNIE_HOLMES" <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> 
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net> 
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 9:36 AM 
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] This and that 
> 
> 
>>I agree. One thing you might try is to put those narrow strips with 
>> spikes used to put down carpet along your plant rows. Bet the rabbits 
>> wouldn't like to feel those spikes; or put along your fence. 
>> 
>> 
>> Bonnie 
>> ETN Zone 7 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Daryl" <dp2413@comcast.net> 
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net 
>> Sent: Friday, July 9, 2010 9:49:40 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] This and that 
>> 
>> Auralie, 
>> 
>> Bleach is very toxic to soil micro-organisms as well as beneficial 
>> insects 
>> and earthworms. Also to any skin or eye surface it might contact while 
>> wet. 
>> 
>> Chipmunks do not typically eat plants. They're primarily seed eaters. I'd 
>> bet anything that they're not the culprit in your loss of lettuce, radish 
>> and beans. Bet it was the woodchuck or a rabbit, despite the fence. 
>> 
>> d 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> 
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net> 
>> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 9:18 AM 
>> Subject: [CHAT] This and that 
>> 
>> 
>>> Two very trivial matters: 
>>> Is anyone else an addict of crossword puzzles as I am? There is 
>>> research 
>>> to indicate that regular crosswords can delay mental deterioration, and 
>>> since 
>>> I always have enjoyed them, I make a practice of beginning each day with 
>>> a 
>>> crossword. For a long time I have gone to The Daily Crossword Index at 
>>> _http://puzzles.about.com/library/features/blxwdind.htm_ 
>>> (http://puzzles.about.com/library/features/blxwdind.htm) I have found 
>>> that 
>>> sometimes the Saturday puzzle would be a repeat of a previous one, but 
>>> this week the whole week's selection have been repeats. Annoying! 
>>> 
>>> On a more garden-related issue, I have been told at a recent garden club 
>>> meeting that one person controls moles, woodchucks, and other boring 
>>> pests by pouring bleach into the holes. Have any of you heard of this? 
>>> Chipmunks are driving me nuts - they have made holes everywhere and 
>>> are nibbling everything. I bought a big bottle of Clorox yesterday, and 
>>> will 
>>> go out and pour it in some holes - see what will happen. 
>>> 
>>> This has been a disastrous garden season for me. I had very modest 
>>> success with peas, but early heat put an end to them. Lettuce started 
>>> out well. I always mix radish seed with my lettuce seed when I plant 
>>> them - thin the lettuce by taking out the radishes as they grow. When 
>>> the lettuce got up enough to start taking small ones for "mesclun" 
>>> someone, 
>>> probably chipmunks because the vegetable garden is fenced, first ate 
>>> all the lettuce, leaving the radishes. Next day they took the radishes. 
>>> My beans were looking great, and I thought at least they were too big 
>>> for the chippies to eat, but someone else, must have been a woodchuck, 
>>> got in and in one day finished all the beans, just as they were 
>>> beginning 
>>> to bloom. 
>>> 
>>> Normally I would have pulled out the peas after they finished, and put 
>>> Kentucky Wonder beans along the fence, but I was deterred by an extra 
>>> heavy work load, combined with the crashed computer. By the time I got 
>>> those things sorta under control, the extreme heat made me feel it was 
>>> unwise to spend time working in the garden. And now that the beans 
>>> have been eaten, I wonder if it's worth the effort. The heat has abated 
>>> somewhat - high yesterday was only 91, and today's high is predicted 
>>> to be in the upper 80s, but it's drier than ever. I can only haul so 
>>> much 
>>> water, and don't dare run the hose any length of time since we are on a 
>>> well. Lots of things are just turning brown, and not just mine - I see 
>>> it 
>>> everywhere. The weather this year has been insane! 
>>> 
>>> Sorry for the long rant - just needed toget it off my chest. 
>>> Auralie 
>> 
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