Re: PLEASE HELP!!!!
Rottweilers also do the trick!
Gregory Sliwka wrote:
> Unfortunately it's a community garden. If it was on my property I'd definately
> make them think twice about coming back. Besides they would probably never make
> it past all the land mines, laser beams, razor wire, or the moat full of sharks!
>
> Therese Dillon wrote:
>
> > That's terrible! Boy, I'd camp out and wait for those &%#@!! jerks! They
> > would encounter one mad manure-flinging housewife indeed! Is this occurring
> > on your own private property, or is it a community garden?
> >
> > Gregory Sliwka wrote:
> >
> > > List,
> > >
> > > As some of you may know, I had vandals visit my patch last year damaging
> > > or destroying 3 of my larger pumpkins. Unfortunately they have returned
> > > this year. Sunday I discovered a section of my fence was pulled down and
> > > a stake which had been plunged into one of the smaller pumpkins ( I also
> > > found an empty bottle of Bacardi which would seem to rule out animals).
> > > Although the weigh-off is still 25 days away, I have reluctantly decided
> > > that I will pull the pumpkins and put them in my yard for safe keeping.
> > > Although weight-loss is inevitable, I would like to keep it to a minimum
> > > as one of these pumpkins could be a new personal best for me. What
> > > tactics should I employ to keep the loss down? Would digging up a
> > > section of the vine and placing its roots in dirt or water help? Should
> > > I put the ends of the vine in jugs of water? Is there something I can
> > > coat the outside of the pumpkin with to reduce water loss? Finally what
> > > are the odds that pumpkins picked now would last untill Halloween? They
> > > would be stored outside and we still get weather in the 70s and 80s this
> > > time of year. Thanks in advance for the help.
> > >
> > > Getting that "sinking" feeling again...
> > > Greg "Titanic Atlantic" Sliwka
> > >
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