...how does my garden grow? Pretty damn good at the moment. The sun and rain have made the garden explode! The potatoes, corn, and garlic are doing so well - now if I can only keep the crows and rabbits out, I'll be doing good! You know how they say, "no pain, no gain" - I swear a farmer must have coined that phrase. I am the proud new owner of a Honda tiller which will literally dig down to China. However, while tilling and gardening all day last weekend, I successfully threw my back out and walked around like the Hunchback of Notre Dame until yesterday. Yep, no pain, no gain {but vicodin, ice, yoga and BioFreeze sure do help}! I do have a new favorite garden accoutrement...wait for it...wait for it...yes, bird netting {applause}. The first row of pole beans and lima beans I planted were just about obliterated thanks to ground squirrels, birds and other devil varmints that were eating on them. Only a few survived from the first planting so I just replanted and covered the whole area with bird netting. So far, the devil varmints have not been munching on them or digging up the seeds...yea, bird netting baby!
Chloe has a small strawberry patch and the first two berries just turned red overnight - don't you love it when that happens?
images courtesy of me
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