Abnshrek

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wolfyhound

I had major thunderstorm warnings complete with 'heavy hail' and tornado activity this afternoon but never even got a drizzle so far.

I can do without hail and tornados but rain would be nice.

Abnshrek

The Banana's are going to be Happy.. :^)

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Abnshrek

Here comes the cold..

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wolfyhound

Once again, today it was "Heavy rain!!!" and I got nada. There's 100% chance of rain coming up though so HOPEFULLY it'll actually rain here.

Jose263

You are welcome to some of mine - 5 inches yesterday
and Abnshrek made it turn cold again.

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Abnshrek

It got down to 42F this fine morning, so much for the Low of 45F.. I heard they are going to have snow in the UP.. I like my rain just fine.. I'll take it as long as it comes down.. Me sinking in the corners of the garden doesn't bother me one bit.. I think real rain water helps seeds better than well water.. :^)

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Kat2

Sorry about your cold weather. If it's any consolation I have a determined armadillo digging in my garden and Mr. Cocoa is not planning to punt again. Cayenne? A weak spray including ammonia? Stupid animal...

As for rain...I totally agree. When I say the garden has grown noticeably after an overnight rain, most people say I'm nuts. But IMO plants (and probably seeds) know it's coming and prepare; up north Maples will turn their leaves outward when a storm is brewing. (Saved rainwater isn't the same but better than city or well I believe.)

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bananimal

You can catch those dillers using a live trap. Have to use specific bait like what they normally eat - grubs, worms.

I take a 6 inch section of nylon stocking and tie one end. Put in a good pinch of earthworms you can buy at a bait store or even Wal Mart. Knot the open end. Open up a paper clip and hook it thru the bag. Hang it from the top of the trap beyond the paddle trigger. It works. Most other critters will leave the worms alone. Box up the dillers and mail them to Abnshrek for making gumbo.

CountryBoy1981

I think we may be close to or breaking record lows for this time of year yet again. I can't take much more of this global warming!

Kat2

If this was my garden--my yard, I'd invest in a live trap. I could borrow a little one but the monster who trolls here would get stuck getting into it. Now, if I really thought they'd taste better than cooked avocados, I might send Mr. Cocoa out with the pellet gun to wing it; he has a "knife" (from fishing) that would whack up a befuddled one quickly. Who butchers? Not me. I do whole supermarket chickens well but can't figure out where the grain is on meat so I pass.

I honestly don't think we have grubs here and very few worms except for the cutting ones. What ticks me off is that this guy (he's all male--women are daintier) really didn't dig much but knocked off a green pepper from a red pepper plant, whacked off 3 volunteer tomatoes nearly ripe (not going to be very good but something red), dug up my struggling chard (now in cells with decent dirt to grow a bit more), tossed 2 newly planted tomatoes (I didn't notice right away but they're settled in again; thankfully it's raining!) and, unbelievably, strewn a pepper and 2 special thyme plants (1 German and 1 French which may not survive and I got them confused when relocating because I'm a bad tagger) that were in 4" square pots in a tray.

I think he's jonesing for another "chase and kick fest" with Mr. Cocoa--he just might get his wish! Me? I'll shower the area with cayenne and hope his little nose burns off.

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Jose263

We have dillars here but so far they haven't caused much damage except in the compost piles.
Some other creature just wiped out my peach tree last night (gulf king)- didn't leave a single peach. not sure if it was tree rats or a larger critter -

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Abnshrek

You have yourself a greedy critter there Jose.. It wasn't a deer.. :^)

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