Weekly Gardening Thread -- IT's JUNE!!!!!

Garden Girl | June 2006 | Garden Girl

[tubebender]

It takes 2 crews 2 days to take it down and replace it. Just kidding of course!!!

[tubebender]

I was little and lived in Ohio the neighbors had mole traps. Nasty things!

And you found this out HOW ?

[gardengirl]

Not personal experience, I assure you! Just watching gave nme the shivers. Mole traps look like a relic leftover from the Spanish Inquisition!

[gardengirl]

Yowsers! Just how big are your blueberry bushes?! LOL

Seriously, what kind(s) do you have planted? Just curious. Tifblue does well here, and Premier, and... my mind has just gone blank. Shaking head.

[tubebender]

A couple that come to mind are Blue Ray and Early Blue. I’ll make a list if the tags are still readable the next time I’m out there

[gardengirl]

Don’t go to any trouble! LOL Always curious about what will do well in other places! We have some wild blueberries in teh edge of the woods that are bearing now—course, you have to pick a dumptruck load to get a mouthful!

[tubebender]

Gardening is all about sharing. My First Wife informs me we have two plants of Fourth of July. Thousands of acres of wild Huckleberry grow in the hills just East of Humboldt Bay. There are firms that harvest Huckleberry brush for the cut flower trade...

[gardengirl]

Not varieties I’ve ever heard of, but that’s not surprising! We have a lot of wild blueberries, but like I said, they’re tiny. Of course, amongst all those wild blueberries are gazillions of chiggers, ticks, mosquitoes, greenheads, sand gnats.... Sigh. They’re good, but not worth it. Never had huckleberries.

[tubebender]

Things are not going well here. The Moles are ahead 8 to 0 and it's only the top of the third. Good thing it's just a exhibition game. Setting the traps is becoming easier but I should send you the phone number of the local hospital in case I impale myself...

[gardengirl]

Are you sure they’re moles? Maybe they’re aliens! They can be so annoying!

We don’t have moles, we have voles. They both tunnel. Difference is—moles eat crickets and grubs so you can put out granular sevin or something. Get rid of their food source and they will leave. Voles eat plant roots and bulbs. They’re both nocturnal, but voles will come above ground. Moles are gray and velvety soft, they’re blind and they have webbed feet. Voles are brown, have a short tail like a hampster, and eyes and claws. Voles live around big pine trees or stumps. Some rat poisons will work on them. The one that’s legal in NC is Rozol.

Whatever they are—BE CAREFUL! Those traps are horrible. I wouldn’t think that instruction page would be much help!

[tubebender]

They are Moles but we also have Voles from time to time. My success rate with trapping is about 50% but with a shotgun and a glass of fine Merlo and a lawn chair the ratio is closer to 98.7%. ( I think that is the number RUSH uses for his accuracy rate...)

[gardengirl]

What kind of ball games are you watching? LOL Oh, wait—we’re talking about 2 different sports! Have fun, and don’t drink too much if you’re going to be shooting skeet. Not skeet, exactly. What would you call it? Skole? BWAHAHA

We have people aroud here who stand over a run with a pitchfork and wait til they see movement. Not sure what their success rate is!

[tubebender]

Have you ever hear of Bob and Johns Soil Optimizer? I bought a 6 # bag today at Ace to try it on a few things. I have locked the remainder in the big safe in case someone saw e buy the stuff. (expensive) Bob & Johns

[gardengirl]

Never heard of it—looks like a west coast thing. Sounds like good stuff. What kind of soil do you have? We have mostly sand—I’m right on the coast—east coast, that is!

[gardengirl]

Never heard of it—looks like a west coast thing. Sounds like good stuff. What kind of soil do you have? We have mostly sand—I’m right on the coast—east coast, that is!

[tubebender]

We have a acid clay from the Redwood Trees and we have spent 28 years adding humus and some sand to give it good structure plus it hold moisture well. Almost everything is on drip irrigation with wind-up timers as water is expensive in Eureka. we are about 2 miles from Humboldt Bay and another mile to the Pacific Ocean. Average summer temps about 65 days and 58 mights although it is 10 degrees cooler this year...

[gardengirl]

65! Lucky you! Our ave summer temp is 90+. Plus humidity!

How’s the skole hunting going? Have you had a tetanus shot recently? Kidding, sort of!