What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

I hear they can carry leprosey .

Don't worry, Didn't touch it. It jumped and squealed, and I screamed loud enough to wake the dead.

 

[Elyrian1]

Where I grew up, 20 30 years ago they called them hillbilly speedbumps and they were considered target practice.

 

[Wolfie2]

Armadillos are mostly a nocturnal animal and as such, don't see well
They don't seem very intelligent

live in an armadillo state now. What damage do they do, dig for grubs? Can they climb?

. I suppose they could climb a little but I'm only putting up a 2' tall fence hopin they can't climb very well.
They do dig for grubs, worms and some otherI
bugs I suspect. I have a fairly deep mulch in my garden and use soaker hoses beneath the mulch right at the root line. They will go down a row of crops digging up the mulch and dirt to expose the juicy morsels. I have to cover everything back up every morning. They very well may uproot some plants in the process

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Here's what I know about cantaloupe.

Propping the melons up on something (I really like bricks for this) will keep most of the ground things from getting into them. Mine had a tendency to start rotting on the spot where they touched the ground too, and this helped prevent that.

When are they ripe...
The slip test: You can see the stem separating from the melon, and they will pick easily.
The sniff test: They smell sweet and melon-y.
The color test: The skin under the netting should be a buff color, not green. I use this for judging if a store bought melon is ripe. Or, ripe-ish. They're never as good as home grown or farmer's market melons.

I've been told that melons do not get sweeter once they're off the vine. They may get a bit softer, though.

I learned that melons have to be about the size of my fist by the first weekend of August, or shortly after, to have time to ripen. Therefore, any that are not that big get culled. This forces the plant to put all its energy and sugar production into the melons that are on the vine. Once I started doing that, I got sweeter melons!

Awesome info thank u!
Question: netting? Is this on the store bought ones?

My big one is already long as my foot 9½.women's! And oblong instead of round...very green lookin too...that normal? Or did they put watermelon seeds in a cantaloupe package? Lol?

 

[Swiss]

I hilled up the potatoes today (hopefully, I'm doing it right), and got some branches prepared to be the anchors for the tomato trellises. My carrots, radishes, and beets are EXPLODING with growth above ground. I made sure the female pumpkin flower that opened got pollinated, aaaaand I met a friend in the three sisters bed (picture below). I look forward to tomatoes ripening!

 

[SheaLoner]

I once looked for a pencil I was holding in my hand...

Glasses. I do this with my perscription glasses frequently. Normally wind up either on my head or tucked in my shirt. . . If I'm not wearing them.

 

[Sally PB]

Question: netting? Is this on the store bought ones?

Here's what I mean about netting. See the green background, under the beige lines? The lines are the "netting." This melon probably isn't fully ripe.

This one isn't green under the netting. Given a choice, I'd chose this one instead of the one above

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Simple, go walking after dark to avoid the blazing sun, dizzy from the fog of the 20 gallons of Mosquito spray you're wearing, slap on a headset to drown out the buzzing of the flies, and focus on not having a gator jump out of a drainage ditch as you walk by. Then absentmindedly go to kick the giant long leaf pin pinecone in your path, only to find out it's NOT a pinecone. Easy.

I mean, that sounds like a pretty typical evening here in Georgia.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

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Here's what I mean about netting. See the green background, under the beige lines? The lines are the "netting." This melon probably isn't fully ripe.

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This one isn't green under the netting. Given a choice, I'd chose this one instead of the one above

Ah gotcha now!!!

 

[TJAnonymous]

Running total of JBs caught: 179 + 112 today = 291.

I can't believe you are counting... Good for you!