[MomwithHope]

I shampooed my large living room carpet yesterday after I was done working outside. I'm on a roll! Have some pictures -

close up of one of the pawpaw blossom. The green speck in the center is the beginning of a cluster of 4 pawpaws. We pollinated with a paint brush but also noticed many flies around at just the right time.

So I had ordered white hairnets a pack of 70. Trees are too big for netting, and streamers did not work last year we only got one cluster of 4 fruit the birds missed. So each white bag you see is around one, 2 or 3 flowers that have tiny fruit at the end. Hubby noticed the birds going in and out 2 days ago and we hurried down there right away and started covering them. Ran out of the 70 bags so I ordered ore. There are more blossoms up high, not as many as below. So we are hoping for a good harvest.

early shot of the garden, many things not up yet but we have solved our broccoli and lettuce rabbit problem with shrouds and deer/rabbit repellant spray. Got no broccoli last year so I am excited we have 8 plants. Garlic has almost doubled in height, picking lots of asparagus, having it for lunches and in omelettes.

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one of the front door rhododendrens

[MomwithHope]

Diana in the garden shot you can see my potato pot all planted.

[metmom]

I just planted a rhododendron that color.

I love them.

Our garlic is huge this year and everything is growing well so far.

I have also planted lots of herbs, both for using and for repellant.

[FamiliarFace]

Not to hijack the thread, but I see a bluebird house in the first photo? Any nesters?

We have 5 baby bluebirds that hatched on Wednesday or Thursday this week. I hope to get shots of them fledging in a couple of weeks.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

MwH;

Organza bags. I use them on ripening Figs to keep the insects and birds off.

Here are Organza bags for wine bottles. Should be big enough to hold some of your paw paws! good luck!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/402778903120?hash=item5dc77e5250:g:a4YAAOSwyyxgapnO

[Ladysforest]

I tried the hairnet thing with my late peach tree. And 2 or 3 other creative “solutions”. Squirrels, crows, chipmonks, and even baby groundhogs - which can climb trees! - defeated everything I tried. Some years I got a single peach! Out of many dozens. But that was a superior peach!