RE: The BIG Seed Giveaway (time to get those hands dirty)

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The BIG Seed Giveaway (time to get those hands dirty)

in giveaway •  7 years ago 

Upvoted and resteemed for your kind offer. Personally, I am taking a year off. I have busted my ass for years now, and between drought, heat, wind, late freezes, grasshoppers, voles, birds, bugs, even my cows and chickens, I am SICK OF GARDENING. Not forever, but I am taking a year off. When I do another garden, it will be in a greenhouse, I am DONE fighting the elements around here. If I sound a little angry, I am. I LOVE to garden, but since we moved out here I have not had one good harvest. Work and work and work and then go buy the stuff I need because some animal ate it before I could... Yep, taking a year off. Maybe next year I will have my sense of humor back...

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The grasshoppers, voles, birds, bugs, chickens, and cows say, "Don't give up! We love you!" :) My arch nemesis is the slug. I feel your pain. Enjoy your summer!!!

Oh yeah, them too! LOL! Thank you! I fully intend to!

Have you tried coyote urine? One can buy it, spray around the garden and it scares critters away. https://www.amazon.com/Pete-Rickards-Coyote-Hunting-8-Ounce/dp/B00C9DKMUY
If you've tried it already, my bad. I've just heard glowing things about its ability.

Hugelculture could maybe help with next year's garden. It creates a garden area that acts as a sponge. Saw a great article about how a tomato plant went a year without watering. I've built my own and they do extend the growing season by staying warm as the underlayer composts. https://richsoil.com/hugelkultur/

Well, when you get your gardening groove back, I hope you have an excellent harvest!

Honey, I've been around the gardening block. I've made Sepp Holzer's been sauce, I have actual coyotes peeing around my land so scratch that idea... I just need to step back, regroup, and get infrastructure completed before I do anything else. I am getting too old to do everything the hard way lol!

Sepp Holzer books are definitely a great recommendation for someone, who would like to have a little helper in gardening. Thanks, dear @fishyculture for remembering me on it 😊