tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063603353608031817.post8382480832713106799..comments2023-10-20T11:11:51.860-05:00Comments on Gardening in Austin: Time Linekatinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15658859113915782535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063603353608031817.post-31807232126210430802011-03-20T12:05:43.375-05:002011-03-20T12:05:43.375-05:00DAMN VARMITS indeed. Caught a squirrel digging fu...DAMN VARMITS indeed. Caught a squirrel digging furiously at the base of my alliums and chased him off. What does he think is down there, an acorn? Aren't the cracked corn and peanuts I leave out for him enough? Even better, a friend brought over his big lovably dumb black Labrador a few weeks ago, and I didn't think anything of letting him stay in the back yard for an hour or two...until the next morning, when I found my potato patch completely dug up. Compost and seed potatoes (with roots and broken-off sprouts) strewn everywhere. I reburied them and hoped for the best, but I'm not seeing any recovery. It's tough being a farmer.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12621220516578692069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063603353608031817.post-3522685199962757352011-03-07T16:55:05.043-06:002011-03-07T16:55:05.043-06:00Saying "poor baby" in a soothing voice w...Saying "poor baby" in a soothing voice would be nicer, but I'm laughing too hard - what a tragicomic saga, Katina. <br /><br />I've given up on starting vegetables here. We pick up anything that looks interesting anywhere I see them, then repot the little plants into larger pots & grow on for awhile. Sometimes a topdressing of decomposed granite keeps the squirrels from uprooting them from the pots, sometimes not. <br /><br />We also bought a Black Krim and am trying Viva Italia. DH bought Mariachi Pepper. <br /><br />And I've tried to get seeds of Tithonia going a couple of times -no luck. Elizabeth Lawrence wrote about it so I wanted to grow it. <br /><br />Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.com