Posted on 08/04/2017 7:35:17 PM PDT by greeneyes
I’m hoping that the farm stand has some decent vegetables. :)
To their ancestors...
I’m sorry you have not had good luck with the garden this year....but oh I love hearing your new-growth story! Any time we see a good result, even in the midst of disaster, it is a nugget of learning for future reference!
I appreciate the tips!
OK thanks for the clarification. LOL. It’s the only way to be truly rid of them.
Lake of the Ozarks is up 1.5 feet from normal pool.
Bagnell Dam releasing 50,000 cu feet per second via flood gates.
Water surge headed toward Jefferson City.
Yet, some nincompoop is blasting through our cove in a bass boat.
Floating logs out there, baby...
Boaters up here have more sense, it’s the kayakers that are nuts when the rivers are high. We had lots of rain and hail too. Heaviest rain I have seen here in over 35 years.
DISASTER. Last night, a 60’ branch broke and wiped out one garden. Cucumbers, pickles, tomatoes, squash, eggplant and maybe bell peppers. Hopefully, I can salvage my 2 year old asparagus plants.
Have to read up on bugs and tomatoes; they ate a couple of big doubles.
I'm shocked it hasn't been in the garden yet! It went up a redbud tree and was eating some seed pods & the redbuds are not that far from the garden. We had groundhogs a couple of years ago, but they seemed to disappear .... looks like at least one young one has taken up residence nearby.
We’ve had another week of unseasonably cool weather here in Central Missouri, and an additional 6/10ths inch of rainfall as well. More would have been better, but we get what we got, which is much better than nothing at all. Also better than the 6” monsoon that hit the west-central part of the state over the weekend.
Busy weekend as usual at my house. The weeds in my kitchen garden got away from me last month, so I attacked it with the string trimmer on Saturday and got the worst of it knocked down. After doing that I found a fantastic crop of peppers that had been obscured by the foxtail. The blue lake green beans are finally starting to produce. Couple more weeks and we’ll be over-run. The tomatoes are making faster than we can use them so I’ve had plenty to share with the neighbors.
I’m still amazed at the peach crop this time. I’ve been giving them away by the bucket and still have probably six bushels that need to be picked. The pear trees are loaded to the breaking point. In spite of being brutally pruned over the winter one of them lost a branch to the weight of its fruit a couple days ago. The apple trees are also hanging low from the weight of the fruit.
I’ve been battling the japanese beetles for the last month. I’m don’t think I’m winning, but I’m keeping them somewhat at bay. Between the traps that I have out and selective spraying with sevin I’ve killed better than 50 gallons worth of the vermin so far. The hatch slowed dramatically last week so maybe the worst of it is over for this summer.
All of the recent rainfall and the cooler temps have the grass growing an inch a day again. I had to mow the yard twice last week. Pops came over yesterday and ran the bush hog through the pastures and around the sunflower field. Looks much nicer with the weeds knocked down. It was getting pretty shaggy out there.
With the coondo project completed and the deck staining on hold due to the damp conditions I was able to get back into the pond with Nanner on Saturday. I need about four more hours in there to have the basin down to the depth that want. Once that part is finished I’ll start working around the edges to get a bit more depth in a couple places, then it will be time to shoot the final elevations and get the piers set for the fishing dock.
Tinypic is still being stupid so no pics again this week. I’m thinking it may be time to start looking for an image hosting site that is a bit more reliable.
Whistle pig is delicious roasted with carrots and potatoes.
Also is very good roasted then finished on the BBQ grille.
If you get a young one fry it like chicken. Yummo...
Got to catch ‘em first!!
40gr. of lead is faster than a groundhog!
If I had hours to stake it out & catch it down by the barn, then shooting would be the fastest option. If it gets up near the house, then shooting is problematic because of shooting towards other houses. Anyway, I can’t sit around waiting in either location for the darn thing to make an appearance so we’ll try the trap and see if that works. If I get desperate (i.e. it starts raiding the garden), maybe I can convince some of the die-hard hunters in the family to spend some time on stakeout.
Groundhogs are easy to catch in a live trap.
They like fresh fruit and they aren’t very smart.
I hear that cantaloupe is a favorite bait - going to try that first. Another friend had good luck with watermelon.
Better dispatch of him quick, they’ll eat all your green beans in the blink of an eye.
I’m using Flickr for photo hosting. It does the HTML for me after I choose the size...
I’ll look at that if TinyPic doesn’t get their gizmo fixed soon.
I heard back from tech support yesterday. They said it was a known issue that’s affecting a subset of users and they’re working on it.
We’ll see...
Caught a groundhog in the live trap today - young one. I’m sure where there’s one, there’s more so I’ll set the trap back tomorrow and see what happens. :-)
Congrats! Hope you get the rest of them.
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