What did you do in the garden today?

[3goodeggs]

Hardware cloth might be better. I may have anorexic wimpy mice and what not, but they can slip through chicken wire. I was going to set my raised beds on ground cloth, but I may put down hardware cloth first. How long does it take for wire to rust under those conditions?

 

[lazy gardener]

Hardware cloth? It lasts a very long time. I pulled some up in the back yard that had been buried about 20 years. Still in good shape!

 

[Bugseye]

Those are great ideas, though I probably won't put down cloth or fence 'cause of the large area. Still I can see it working to discourage the critters. Anorexic mice, hah!

 

[Arielle]

Sold veggies at a farmers market for the first time ever today... It went well, excited for the next one.

Hurrrrrayyyyy!!!! DId you have to pay a fee to sell??? Ours charges a $350 per season fee.

Hardware cloth might be better. I may have anorexic wimpy mice and what not, but they can slip through chicken wire. I was going to set my raised beds on ground cloth, but I may put down hardware cloth first. How long does it take for wire to rust under those conditions?

No--normal mice !! THey can get thru almost anything!! Saw a chipmunk dive for the tiniest hole-- it struggled to get into it as fear was the driving force. He didnt realize I would not harm him as I think they are far cuter than mice, which I also find cute. Lots of chippies this year!!
And ya, mice just walk thru chicken wire. lol

Hardware cloth? It lasts a very long time. I pulled some up in the back yard that had been buried about 20 years. Still in good shape!

LOL

 

[hennible]

Yup there's a fee
$15 per market attended
Pretty cheap

 

[Stuffedcritter]

Had the first strawberries of the year now get enough to make jam. Even picked some spinach and some tasteless leaf lettuce. Stage horn and jalapeno peppers are loaded been picking them all week. Weeding Dill is pain in the --- next year going into a tub!

 

[jerryse]

Garden is a soggy mess . 12 inches of rain this past week and more coming . Chance of rain every day until Friday . Canceled travel plans . Phone just put out flash flood warnings till 1:30 AM .

 

[hennible]

Keep safe

 

[vchicks]

Good luck jerryse.

 

[vchicks]

I weeded and killed flea beetles. Also, harvested arugula, parsley, cilantro and mint for a a nice lunchtime salad. Also deadheaded peonies, roses, pinks, and some annuals,