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Words of the week: soggy, and rabbits. I can't fix the former (though there's a break in the rain today!), and I'm working on the latter, trying to lure them into my Witness Relocation Program using applesauce as bait. Yes, that's what the most expert local trapper recommends -- applesauce -- the only teensy issue being: pounding downpours keep washing the bait away!
Bottom line: You just have to have a sense of humor to be a gardener.
the july garden chores
July raises the question: How am I going to get things (including myself) through the usually hotter, often drier weeks of high summer that lie ahead, Japanese beetles, slugs, powdery mildew and all? Time to take stock, and take control -- as much as one ever can with taming the wilderness that is the garden! Here's what we can do -- in the July garden chores list.
q&a: garlic harvest, squash bugs, seed-sowing in hot soil
You have a lot of questions, I know, and some of your most-asked recent ones include when to harvest garlic; how to get better seed germination in hot, dry summer soil; how to combat squash bugs, and more. I provide the answers, in a podcast or a blog post, your choice.
recipes to add to your holiday-weekend meals:
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