Re: Gardening?

The turtle is still around...saw it tasting some low-hanging raspberries
earlier this week.  It is beautiful...dark with bright orange markings.  We
also have some beavers that we see from time to time.  It surprised me to
find out that they will inhabit the banks of a rather large river as I have
always seen pictures and films of them in smaller streams.  And, red
fox...also, surprising since there are so many dogs that roam free in our
neighborhood.


> [Original Message]
> From: Judy Browning <judylee@lewiston.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 10/26/2007 4:49:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Gardening?
>
> Neat! I'd gladly sacrifice some produce to support a turtle. What a
treat. 
> Is it still hanging around?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
> To: "gardenchat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 11:32 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] Gardening?
>
>
> > This has been the most discouraging summer, what with deer, drought,
and 
> > falling trees.  Auralie
> >
> > Amen, Auralie.  When many of our local communities started running out
of 
> > water and the cities restricted any use, I pretty much stopped except
for 
> > the occasional mowing and weeding.  We haven't had our first frost and 
> > many things, such as red bud and fothergilla put out new buds.  I'm
still 
> > harvesting my raspberries...in previous years, the second harvest was
the 
> > end of August and the first of September.   I usually thoroughly enjoy 
> > each season as it comes but THIS YEAR I was over summer by the end of 
> > July.  We finally got some rain this week...not much over an inch but
it 
> > was something wet.  I always have some Mother Hubbard squash that 
> > volunteers...this year I noticed that something was eating
them...turned 
> > out to be a beautiful box turtle.  It must have been too dry for most
of 
> > my fall bulbs as I have seen very few.  I'm nursing along some 
> > brocolli...picking off the worms and hope to get some garlic planted 
> > tomorrow.
> >
> > Don't know about mice and chipmunks...really think that a cat or snake 
> > would do a better job of keeping varmints out of the greenhouse.
> >
> > Jim...are you reporting at COCORAHS?  If so, what is your station?  I 
> > check out FL from time to time as we have relatives living there.
> >
> > My relatives made it through the CA fires.  Terrible that many of them 
> > might have been started deliberately.
> >
> > Bonnie Holmes
> > ETN Zone 7
> >
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