Mike Nolan
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We went with tacos for supper tonight, because there was rain coming so I didn't want to do burgers on the grill.
And we did get a little squall right around the time we ate, and it may rain on-and-off for another hour. We could certainly use the moisture.
The squirrels will stare in the door to my wife's sitting room if she hasn't put the food out yet in the morning or if they run out of food or water. I've had one climb up on the window sill in the informal dining area and stare in at us, too.
When she does put it out, there's a wild scramble by the birds for the food, with the squirrels not far behind.
Grackels and other birds have taken to grabbing a peanut and dipping it in the water. Helps it go down better, maybe?
If nothing else, the Amazon item might give your husband ideas about things like size. It appears they're open at the top, I was wondering if critters would just climb over them. I don't think it would slow down squirrels for more than a minute.
If you've never seen the squirrel maze videos on Youtube (there are now 3 of them, I think #2 is the best), they're rather funny.
At $7.50 each these might be a bit pricey, though once you figure material cost and your time (and skills) it might be a reasonable tradeoff.
I can't get the link or image to post, but I searched on Amazon and found:
6 New Small Wire Plant Protectors, 12" square, 12" high (Vinyl Coated Rust Resistant Wire)
Tonight we shared a T-bone steak done on the grill, with steamed broccoli and some sauteed mushrooms.
Would the holes in hardware cloth be too small if it was laid right on the ground over the seeds?
Fortunately we don't have to deal with chipmunks, just squirrels, raccoons, opossums, voles and 13 lined ground squirrels (and now a fox is visiting the balcony at night, he likes peanuts!), but last year the squirrels ate most of my wife's gazanias before they could even bloom, in past years they've at least waited for them to go to seed. They seemed to like the borage plants I tried to start last summer, too, though I actually did get a couple of them to bloom. The blooms aren't very big but they're a pretty shade of blue.
Some birds were pecking holes in my tomatoes last summer, I hope that doesn't happen again this year.
Got the rest of the garden in today, 25 tomato plants, 6 broccoli, 2 spaghetti squash, 2 hills of Hales Best cantaloupe, and a hill of zucchini, plus two rows of leeks, around 20.
We had left over lasagna for supper.
Oh dear, that's no fun to lose your plants.
I got two more rows of tomatoes planted tonight, so I'm 2/3 done with the tomatoes. I still have broccoli, spaghetti squash, melons and some leeks to put in, but I should be able to finish most of that tomorrow.
Have you tried them with dried cranberries? I've put them in spice/fruit bars and they were very good.
I replace half of the landscape fabric yesterday with some new 6 foot wide strips, I like those better than the 3 foot wide ones, and I now have more overlap between strips, which makes for better weed control.
I got in one row of 6 tomatoes this morning before it got too warm, I'll put more in this evening and possibly the rest tomorrow.
The last time I made an Alfredo sauce it didn't come out very well, not sure what I did differently or wrong from previous times.
We've replaced 3 disposals in the last few years (all 20+ years old) for all three we went with some higher end InSinkerator models, they're built to last and really quiet. The most recent one is a Pro 750-4 model. The other two are 1 HP models.
I'm tilling the vegetable garden today, two passes to loosen the soil and then at least one to till in the compost that is part of the Nebraska Urban Soil Health Initiative study we're in. Tomorrow I hope to put back the landscape cloth, probably replacing about half of it, and then plant tomatoes and other plants on Monday.
It got down to about 40 last night but the two week forecast doesn't show any lows below the mid 40's, so hopefully it is late enough that we won't get a cold snap like we did last year, a day after the plants went in. :sigh:
We ordered pizza and lasagna last night and had leftovers of both for supper tonight.
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