That’s bad news for the ranchers, and people who like beef. When I lived in S. Dakota the first snow was in October-a blizzard, so I was a little confused by the term-early snowfall.
Last year we had ranchers slaughtering their cattle because of the drought. Now this. Ranchers have a tough row to hoe.
I just solved the case of the freaking squirrels and birds. In 5 days I won’t have to worry about them. We decided those container plants grouped together in the dirt garden, had to have permanent net over them and it had to be tall to accommodate tomatoes AND the two tall sesame plants. There will always be tall growing plants of something out there.
After much research of expensive down to less money, looking for the right product, I spent $24 dollars and solved this problem. I had an extra outdoor large umbrella and a 50 lb. metal stand for it that isn’t going to move even in a hurricane. We cut the material off the umbrella and that left us with the aluminum frame. Then, I ordered a 9 ft. umbrella screen. It has a zipper door and the bottom has a flexible ring around it – one fills that with water to make it heavy so it won’t move. I place that over the aluminum frame, fill the bottom tube with water and I have a screened tall area for all those plants. I unzip the door and walk in and deal with the plants. Rain water will seep out from under the ring and the ring isn’t tall.
I’ll have to think up something to get netting over the walking onions so the netting is high enough not to interfere with the height of the onions. That is a minor problem I should be able to solve easily.
We worked on the deck and garden area for two days. One would think that small an area wouldn’t take a lot of work – well, that is wrong. Now that there is some kind of order, the upkeep will be much easier.
Five days and I kick squirrel/bird butt.