Gardening Adventures this week included:
Buying Native Wisconsin plants to add to our front hillside that we’re doing up in all Natives.
The new Mount Royal Plum tree is ‘leaning’ due to our nasty winds this past week, but it IS leafing out, so that needs to be tended to, and quick!
Pole and Bush beans planted, but now, OF COURSE, it’s turned rainy and COLD so germination is hit and miss - though the Snap Peas and the Sweet Peas (flowers) are loving this weather, so there’s that. :)
Chipmunk Threat is at RED LEVEL - those cute little b@stards are GOING TO DIE!
And if the puppy would grow a bit fatter, he won’t be able to fit between the garden fencing and SLEEP on my Brussels Sprouts plants!
HOWEVER - the Orioles (Orchard & Baltimore) and the Red Breasted Grosbeak have been BEYOND compare this season...I’m on Jar #4 of jelly for the buggers and am running out of nut/fruit blend for the feeders so a trip to town is in the near future.
We’ve had two Hummingbird to the feeder so far, and I fear for their existence with our 40 degree nights and winds that just. won’t. quit!
Chipmunk Threat is at RED LEVEL - those cute little b@stards are GOING TO DIE!
Small Obnoxious Dog (who actually weighs about 80 pounds) ADORES broccoli stems for some reason. This year he figured out that broccoli stems come from broccoli seedlings, and we’ve had a few discussions about No You Cannot Have That.
hummingbirds are here, but not so many....
what exactly do you do with the jelly?
Weather has been challenging here too. So much rain and lower temps - shaping up to be similar to last year which was awful for tomatoes.