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I’m so excited for my little garden this year. I’m in the Midwest so we are finally having nicer weather. We just got to plant over the weekend. We have a small area approx 7x20. No tiller so it took four of us the entire weekend to till, build the beds, and plant. It was a hoot.
Our mini garden has 8 tomato plants (Roma and beef), 8 bell and mixed pepper plants, 2 small rows of carrots, on one end we’ve planted sunflowers and squash, on the other we have corn and pumpkins. We also planted three watermelon plants off to the side. On the porch, so far we have thyme and 2 cilantro plants…hope to add more herbs.
We have no idea what we are doing. We are taking this year to learn and have fun with it. We just moved to the Midwest from the South. Huge change for us. Everyone here cans, so I reckon we will be learning too. Lol
Wow, you packed a whole lot into a small garden space!! Word of warning: things have a habit of growing(if you're lucky!
) and ending up taking up much more space than you anticipated. Ask me how I know. Good luck! And your garden sounds like it'll be amazing!! 1 -
I’m so excited for my little garden this year. I’m in the Midwest so we are finally having nicer weather. We just got to plant over the weekend. We have a small area approx 7x20. No tiller so it took four of us the entire weekend to till, build the beds, and plant. It was a hoot.
Our mini garden has 8 tomato plants (Roma and beef), 8 bell and mixed pepper plants, 2 small rows of carrots, on one end we’ve planted sunflowers and squash, on the other we have corn and pumpkins. We also planted three watermelon plants off to the side. On the porch, so far we have thyme and 2 cilantro plants…hope to add more herbs.
We have no idea what we are doing. We are taking this year to learn and have fun with it. We just moved to the Midwest from the South. Huge change for us. Everyone here cans, so I reckon we will be learning too. Lol
It must be pretty warm there. I won't plant tomatoes for at least a month I think. Generally we wait until soil temperature is over 70. We have only had a few days this year that the air got over 70. Those were nice days; I either took them off work or left a few hours early to sit outside and enjoy.
I need to get weeding, but it is so muddy. The garlic needs it bad. The remaining beets need to be pulled and composted. I am about to ....
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I harvested two artichokes today. I will probably eat them tonight.
I also cut the first open peonies of the season. I cut some earlier today and put them in water to open inside, then found these. Shamelessly holding the jar in front of the double-file and some tulips in the front yard.
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Sipping the first batch of fresh lemon balm/mint tea as I type.3
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I harvested two artichokes today. I will probably eat them tonight.
I also cut the first open peonies of the season. I cut some earlier today and put them in water to open inside, then found these. Shamelessly holding the jar in front of the double-file and some tulips in the front yard.
Must be nice!🤩👌
I’m thinking of giving the garden a break this year. Does anyone else do that after a few years?0 -
Ironwoman1111 wrote: »I harvested two artichokes today. I will probably eat them tonight.
I also cut the first open peonies of the season. I cut some earlier today and put them in water to open inside, then found these. Shamelessly holding the jar in front of the double-file and some tulips in the front yard.
Must be nice!🤩👌
I’m thinking of giving the garden a break this year. Does anyone else do that after a few years?
Are you talking about a formal crop rotation plan, in which some sections deliberately lie fallow? Or just not gardening?
I don't do either. There's no need for the first with my type of home gardening. For the second, gardening is too therapeutic for me as well as my primary source of cardio this time of year.0 -
I gave away a roughly 4x10 foot section of common orange day lilies via Facebook Marketplace. I wasn't watching him closely and he took a LOT of dirt with them. Just as well - I got to amend the soil with a bale of peat moss (my Home Depot was out, as was Walmart, so I paid a little more at the local garden center), compost, and some part dirt/part compost from the side of the woods.
I dug up tiger lilies from a too shady spot, and bee balm that was under a bush. I tried to divide a hyssop, but am not sure if the roots I managed to get will take. I'll also be planting some bulbs and annuals. I'd planned to put something around the hyssop, but now I think there is not enough room. Will probably give that away on FB as well, once I learn its name, LOL.
(I moved in with my Mom and brother last fall. My grandfather was also an avid gardener and bought the place in 1959. There were existing gardens then.)
The fencing on the top right is for peas.
Spent almost 4 hours on it yesterday. Great accomplishment, but my back hurts
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kshama2001 wrote: »Now I know what to get my mom for Mother's Day
Just ordered it from Target. It might arrive after Mother's Day, but I think we are going to celebrate a little later anyway, so my sister can come. First family visit now that we are all vaccinated!
I did get this for Mom last year and have been using it quite a bit this year. (Am living with her now.) I love it so much!1 -
Ironwoman1111 wrote: »(snip)
I’m thinking of giving the garden a break this year. Does anyone else do that after a few years?
If you're not in fact talking about letting the garden lie fallow (or better, under a nitrogen-fixing cover crop), but rather about taking a human break:
If "a few" is a couple of decades or so, yes, pretty much.
Honestly, unless one's family's well-being is dependent on the garden in some significant way, it's just a hobby like any other hobby. Some hobbies stick long term because they deeply resonate with us or serve our longer-term needs.
Most hobbies, for (I think) most people, are things that people do for a while and lose interest, or find things they enjoy more. I've seen that in myself with many brief hobbies I've had . . . and in other people with almost every hobby-like thing I've done more than briefly - various crafts, rowing, martial arts, more.
If gardening isn't pleasing you anymore, as a way to spend your time and energy, and it's not economically or otherwise truly essential to your family . . . why keep doing it?0 -
I've not had the time or the energy to be out in the garden very much so far this year. I've not even thought of starting any veg. I've put some bought flowering plants in tubs out by Our front door this summer, this will be my only attempt at productivity Because after 20 years here I'm disillusioned working clay.
Our rainfall used to be spread differentially throughout the year, do you remember the 2012 London Olympics when it had been so very wet? At the opening ceremony our Czech competitors showed humour by parading in wellington boots, I appreciated their humour then. Now our winters are on the dry side and the other seasons seem to have lost themselves rainfall wise. Rainfall just can't be relied on here on the central south coast of the UK, east of where the Olympic sailing events took place. I'm now dismantling the raised beds I'd created, off the drive by the kitchen door for easy access to water butts if watering was necessary. I added a loose butt for kitchen run off but the raised beds still baked in full sun in the last couple of summers! My potted black grape did manage a handful of small bunches, my other veg were so disappointing.
I made use of the concrete foundations of the removed green house for my new veg plot. The area flooded in winter, the reason the greenhouse fell out of use before I arrived here. Stupidly I thought filling the area with raised bed soil mixing it all, leaving it raised through the winter would solve the problem, no. I fear its global warming coming up fast. I've had veg plots for 50 years and its so disheartening not to have the physical wherewithal without reasonable rainfall to cope again this year. I hope I can come up with more ideas for next year.
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Ironwoman1111 wrote: »
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I’m thinking of giving the garden a break this year. Does anyone else do that after a few years?
If the question is about letting the soil rest, an alternative - depending on where you live - would be to clean up the garden (or the parts of it where things aren't growing in your least gardening-intensive season), and plant an off-season cover crop mix. (These tend to be some mix of nitrogen-fixing, bulky, and soil holding varieties.) Typically, it will get going in the tail end of the season, die back in the cold season if you have one, then come on again as the weather warms.
When you're prepping for the next year's garden, you just till/dig in the cover crop, and go on as usual.
What mix of seeds is good is somewhat location dependent. For here in the Northern-ish US, I usually got a pre-formulated fall mix from Johnny's Selected seeds, which tends to include some kind of peas, vetch, Winter rye, etc.1 -
I'm up to my eyeballs in asparagus and loving it. Chard too. I have put lettuce, peas, onions, leeks and radishes in, but everything else is going to have to wait. I'm a little north of @mtaratoot and his famous artichokes, and as I type, it's 46F and pouring down rain at 12:30 in the afternoon. Tonight's low temp is 39F. I usually put my garden in at Mother's Day, but this year, it's just sloppy, cold soil. I can't even put my new dahlia tubers in for fear of rot That said, the wildfire season is holding off in our region, and we're filling reservoirs and adding snow pack. I have to remind myself that we need all of this water... 2
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I have grown everything under the sun over the years. I tend to favour things you can't buy in supermarkets and heirloom varieties were possible. Kale is a nice thing to grow as it is sort of pricey in shops here in Australia and is easy enough to get going, Sweet potatoes just seem to always grow and can't be stopped once planted. I do a patch of Jerusalem artichokes every year as they are very low maintenance and yield a lot of food for the amount of space they take up -- look good too as they are a sort of sunflower. Silverbeet, beetroots, radishes, chillies, paprikas, smaller eggplant varieties are all easy enough to grow and feature a lot in my patches. Rocket can't be stopped. Herbs like mint can take over wth little intervention other than water. Marjoram, oregano and thyme are all good value growers. I have masses of dried herbs that I have saved from over the last couple of years that I make up into various blends. I also grow from food scraps/offcuts like spring onion root bases.2
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Yesterday we got a 50×50 foot area of garden planted. We had 68 tomato plants, along with collard plants, egg plant, and a variety of sweet pepper plants. We didn't have room to start our tomato plants so we had to buy them. Last year a flat of 48 plants cost roughly $25. This year the same flat costed us $48. We also planted 10 hills of a variety of squashes. The back of my upper legs are burning today! I could hardly move when I woke up this morning.
My husband is out now tilling more to get our hotter peppers in. We then have to start on green beans and these really long beans I got to try. The long beans look delicious. I can't wait to try them. We have also planted peas, radishes and mixes of lettuce so far this year. The lettuce seems to mostly refuse to come up this spring. I don't know why. It can't be that all our seed went bad. We have tried planting twice and only two lettuce plants have sprouted. I have never had this issue before. But we still have a lot going so far so I will count my blessings.
Got to get potatoes cut and ready to plant here soon too. We have a ton of potatoes in our basement left over from last year. Unfortunately they have sprouts on them that are likely 2 foot tall. I might have to cut the sprouts down a bit before planting. The year before last year we stored our potatoes in reusable shopping bags and they didn't sprout nearly as bad. This last year we had built a table top to store them on...that appears to have been a failed idea. This year we might try grocery bags of potatoes on the table top thingy in the basement. Maybe we won't have a potato forest to sort through come planting time next year!1 -
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We then have to start on green beans and these really long beans I got to try. The long beans look delicious. I can't wait to try them.
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@Kiwi2mfp, if those were the beans sometimes called "Asian long beans" or "yardlong beans", I personally think they're very delicious, and they were prolific for me. They wanted a good trellis, for sure!
Interestingly - not in a good way! - here the yellow jackets (evil sting-y things) really loved them, and that made picking them a bit fraught. For me, they seem to cook a bit differently (not hugely, but watch and sample for timing the first cooking), and have a . . . richer? . . . flavor.
In recent years, I've gotten more lazy about gardening, but have found the beans at a farmers market (very nice and fresh, from an Asian - maybe Hmong? - family who grows other specialties, too) and a local produce market. So good!3 -
Well.... I had the day off and went out to weed the garlic. I had wandered out there the other day and saw how bad it got.
Really quick.
It's been SO wet around here, I just haven't even really gone back there much. I hope I got them taken care of enough that they keep growing. They also seem waterlogged. Might not be a good year for garlic. Bummer.
The soil is SO wet, and the artichoke plants are so full of blossoms, one of the plants seems to have fallen over. I reckon I'll be harvesting those artichokes this afternoon and cooking them over the next days.
Beets have bolted. I bet they're woody. I'll pull them soon.
Raspberries are trying to spread beyond their allotted space. Bad berries. Stay where you're supposed to! They are so tasty though. I pulled some up with enough roots that I'll pass them to a friend who wants more of them in their garden.
The cherry tree has cherries. I hope they don't all just fall off. The Bartlett pear has fruit. The Chojuro doesn't, at least not yet. No plums yet either. I'll be patient. Figs should be OK. Blueberry bushes are full of flowers, but the incessant rain may mean the pollinators ain't going to come visit. Bummer. Those are good berries.4 -
50 hot pepper plants in tonight right before a good rain. Looks like a rabbit ate one of our tomato plants we put in yesterday. Hopefully this doesn't become a trend. Potatoes are going to have to wait a few days...give my legs and side muscles a chance to recover. Who knew you use your side muscles when hoeing? I guess I knew at one point, this is just a good reminder. I'll have to look those long beans name up sometime soon but for now, I'm a bit tired. Good thing is my entire garden is surrounded by a sturdy 6 foot tall fence (keep the deer out). The fence works fairly well for growing beans and cucumbers up. Granted the deer get some but not most of the produce from the fence.2
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It's garden centre day! 😀😀
I'm not after much this year. I think I have all the seeds I need, so probably just a plum tomato or two and a zucchini or two unless something else catches my eye. After the eggplant was super prolific last year, hubby discovered that he doesn't like them as much as he thought he did and I don't think I can eat that much eggplant solo, so I probably won't grow it again. My sister also ordered a bunch of strawberry plants from a commercial supplier whose minimum order was 25 plants. I was already planning to turn the front flower bed into a strawberry patch and she doesn't need that many, so we're splitting the order. She wants to drop them off this weekend but the bed isn't dug out yet, so I guess that's another must-get-done project.
I recently discovered that some lettuce hubby bought me from my new favourite store (little organic market) was harvested and packaged with a dirt-encased root ball. Unfortunately I discovered this after it had partially frozen when somebody bumped the fridge controls. I actually like this one, too (he had bought it because I eat a lot of salads, not realizing that I find most lettuce bitter), so I'm going to buy another one and throw it in a pot.
We're also trying our hands at building me a raised veggie bed. We have most of the supplies, just need to grab a few more metal brackets from ReStore to reinforce the sides, and figure out the most cost-effective way to fill it. Fingers crossed that we can pull this off!1 -
SuzanneC1l9zz wrote: »It's garden centre day! 😀😀
I'm not after much this year. I think I have all the seeds I need, so probably just a plum tomato or two and a zucchini or two unless something else catches my eye. After the eggplant was super prolific last year, hubby discovered that he doesn't like them as much as he thought he did and I don't think I can eat that much eggplant solo, so I probably won't grow it again. My sister also ordered a bunch of strawberry plants from a commercial supplier whose minimum order was 25 plants. I was already planning to turn the front flower bed into a strawberry patch and she doesn't need that many, so we're splitting the order. She wants to drop them off this weekend but the bed isn't dug out yet, so I guess that's another must-get-done project.
I recently discovered that some lettuce hubby bought me from my new favourite store (little organic market) was harvested and packaged with a dirt-encased root ball. Unfortunately I discovered this after it had partially frozen when somebody bumped the fridge controls. I actually like this one, too (he had bought it because I eat a lot of salads, not realizing that I find most lettuce bitter), so I'm going to buy another one and throw it in a pot.
We're also trying our hands at building me a raised veggie bed. We have most of the supplies, just need to grab a few more metal brackets from ReStore to reinforce the sides, and figure out the most cost-effective way to fill it. Fingers crossed that we can pull this off!
I have done raised bed gardening...infact one of our beds is a rough raised bed made out of logs this year. Some people swear the only true way to do a raised bed garden is to fill it with Mel's mix. Seriously, we aren't all well off financially to be able to afford that high class mix. I don't believe there is one way to do a raised bed. Some fill with sticks and twigs in the bottom layer and then compost and top soil mixture ont top. Granted, it won't be weed seed free because it won't be sterilized but I don't believe a sterilized garden is an ideal way to garden anyway! We once filled one of our raised beds with top soil, compost, and vermiculite. That was the most expensive route we went.
The most beneficial thing we got out of that raised bed was that when a once in a 100 year flash flood came through the valley and wiped out our ground level garden, our raised bed actually diverted the water and divided the deluge in a way that caused it to circumvent the house to an extent while still standing firm against the water. It was at the outer edges of the flood but had it been ground level nothing would have survived and there is no way to know how much damage it saved the house. I remember opening the door to that house mid-flash flood and just seeing a river running down the street and almost up to the door! That garden was a huge blessing. I believe the walls of that raised bed was about 2 foot tall and it was shaped like a boxed horse shoe. If the flood waters were any higher we likely would have lost the raised bed garden too.5 -
Oh the bunnies! They really so cute yet so destructive! While tilling last week my husband rolled over a baby bunnies nest. Somehow he managed not to kill any. We found three of the four babies my husband counted as they scattered and put them in a sheltered location and hoped mama would come back. They were small enough to fit in the palm of my ✋. But now we have lost 4 plants in the last two days to rabbits! We didn't have this issue last year. We have to go find some rabbit deterent to try to protect our plants. I don't think many people want to hurt bunnies even if they are destroying their garden! I certainly hope we can find a resolution where we can cohabit peacefully. Thankfully the plants destroyed are store bought plants...they are easier to come by (though expensive this year) than our home started plants. Hopefully rabbits don't like hot pepper plants!1
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Well, I walked out to the garden this morning and several more artichoke plants are laying on the ground. Very sad. The soil is so wet plus the rain must make all the artichokes heavy. We have just been having rain, rain, rain, rain.
Far too wet to plant anything except maybe peas. I will need to weed the garlic again in a few days. I may go do some other weeding. Ugh. Plenty to do.
I got a startle yesterday. I wasn't expecting to see the remains of a very large bird out in the back of the yard. I suspect something got one of my neighbor's chickens. It had been partially eaten. I was going to dispose of it today, but today all that's left is two feet and part of one wing.
I cooked two artichokes last night. They were fantastic. Very tender and full of flavor. I will try to salvage the plants that are falling down. I might be able to stake them. If not, I'll harvest as many artichokes as I can and my friends and neighbors will have a windfall.2 -
I came home with a San Marzano tomato, a teeny tiny yellow zucchini, an acorn squash, a yellow bell pepper and a packet of pak choy seeds. My sister's dropping off (I'm not sure how many) strawberry plants this afternoon and Mom's giving me a spare pot for the lettuce.
Today will be spent digging out the bed for the strawberries and getting the bedding plants potted for sure, and hopefully at least starting on taming the raspberries, which have spread far beyond their allotted space into an area without enough sun for them to produce decent fruit. Thinking I can maybe justify skipping my workout this afternoon with that list.3 -
Oh the bunnies! They really so cute yet so destructive! While tilling last week my husband rolled over a baby bunnies nest. Somehow he managed not to kill any. We found three of the four babies my husband counted as they scattered and put them in a sheltered location and hoped mama would come back. They were small enough to fit in the palm of my ✋. But now we have lost 4 plants in the last two days to rabbits! We didn't have this issue last year. We have to go find some rabbit deterent to try to protect our plants. I don't think many people want to hurt bunnies even if they are destroying their garden! I certainly hope we can find a resolution where we can cohabit peacefully. Thankfully the plants destroyed are store bought plants...they are easier to come by (though expensive this year) than our home started plants. Hopefully rabbits don't like hot pepper plants!
I would not have thought that an 18" tall fence was tall enough to keep rabbits out, but this works for me and apparently everyone on Amazon too.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NB1EECB/
To keep birds out of my strawberries, I cover it with bird netting.
I'm also using it plus bird netting to keep the cat out of my peas >.<2 -
kshama2001 wrote: »Oh the bunnies! They really so cute yet so destructive! While tilling last week my husband rolled over a baby bunnies nest. Somehow he managed not to kill any. We found three of the four babies my husband counted as they scattered and put them in a sheltered location and hoped mama would come back. They were small enough to fit in the palm of my ✋. But now we have lost 4 plants in the last two days to rabbits! We didn't have this issue last year. We have to go find some rabbit deterent to try to protect our plants. I don't think many people want to hurt bunnies even if they are destroying their garden! I certainly hope we can find a resolution where we can cohabit peacefully. Thankfully the plants destroyed are store bought plants...they are easier to come by (though expensive this year) than our home started plants. Hopefully rabbits don't like hot pepper plants!
I would not have thought that an 18" tall fence was tall enough to keep rabbits out, but this works for me and apparently everyone on Amazon too.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NB1EECB/
To keep birds out of my strawberries, I cover it with bird netting.
I'm also using it plus bird netting to keep the cat out of my peas >.<
We do have a 6 foot tall fence but that's mainly for deer and the holes in the wire appear to be just large enough for rabbits to squeeze through. We might have to look into an 18 inch fence to line the bottom but we have about 400 foot of fence row to do. I'm not sure if that's quite in our budget yet. We'll see how this deterent stuff we got works and then go from there. Thank you for the suggestion. We do need to get some bird netting for our strawberries. The first berry might be fully ripe in a day or two. Hopefully we get to them before the birds do in the mean time.0 -
We just acquired a second-hand rototiller 😀3
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For anyone who may be contemplating standard "chicken wire" (the hex stuff) as a bunny barrier: I once watched a baby bunny (that I'd startled) blast through one side of a fenced enclosure and out the other side without losing an iota of velocity. Mesh needs to be smaller than that! Yes, it was a baby bunny, but it was independent-living sized, and there are lots of 'em. Critter fence (the type with smaller mesh at the bottom, bigger near the top) was better.1
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kshama2001 wrote: »Oh the bunnies! They really so cute yet so destructive! While tilling last week my husband rolled over a baby bunnies nest. Somehow he managed not to kill any. We found three of the four babies my husband counted as they scattered and put them in a sheltered location and hoped mama would come back. They were small enough to fit in the palm of my ✋. But now we have lost 4 plants in the last two days to rabbits! We didn't have this issue last year. We have to go find some rabbit deterent to try to protect our plants. I don't think many people want to hurt bunnies even if they are destroying their garden! I certainly hope we can find a resolution where we can cohabit peacefully. Thankfully the plants destroyed are store bought plants...they are easier to come by (though expensive this year) than our home started plants. Hopefully rabbits don't like hot pepper plants!
I would not have thought that an 18" tall fence was tall enough to keep rabbits out, but this works for me and apparently everyone on Amazon too.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NB1EECB/
To keep birds out of my strawberries, I cover it with bird netting.
I'm also using it plus bird netting to keep the cat out of my peas >.<
We do have a 6 foot tall fence but that's mainly for deer and the holes in the wire appear to be just large enough for rabbits to squeeze through. We might have to look into an 18 inch fence to line the bottom but we have about 400 foot of fence row to do. I'm not sure if that's quite in our budget yet. We'll see how this deterent stuff we got works and then go from there. Thank you for the suggestion. We do need to get some bird netting for our strawberries. The first berry might be fully ripe in a day or two. Hopefully we get to them before the birds do in the mean time.
Ah, in that case I'd reinforce it with flexible smaller-holed fencing. I once had a fence that kept adult ground hogs out, but not her babies >.< and I reinforced it with plastic chicken wire. There might be cheaper options though.
At my Home Depot this is $21 for 100 ft:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/allFENZ-7-ft-x-100-ft-Black-Polypropylene-Deer-Fence-DF8410034B/301859957
It's 7' tall so you could divide it in quarters for a 21" tall fence. Might be safer to do thirds, though, so you can go into the ground or just have room to spare.2 -
Well, I filled the yard waste cart again today. So. Much. Weeding. I think it's a 90 gallon cart.
I also assessed the damage in the artichoke patch. Indeed several stems are bent over. One was broken off. I cut off the artichokes from that stem plus another large one that was ready to cut. I pulled that stem out and put it in the yard cart. I looked at the other stems that fell down, and they seem to still be connected to the ground. Ants are back, so maybe I'll start putting Terro out for them. It's a megacolony that is so big it damages my plants.
The good news is that there are still quite a few healthy artichoke plants, so I'll be able to keep enjoying them for several weeks.
I also found either the rest of the carcass of the chicken that some critter took from my neighbors, or else it was a second chicken. That carcass went in the yard cart too. I also found where the critter might either be bedding down or it's just a latrine. If it's a latrine only, that suggests maybe raccoon. But the poops are pretty darn big. I need to find someone who is a scatologist to help me figure out what it might be. If you know your poop, what do you think?
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Well, I filled the yard waste cart again today. So. Much. Weeding. I think it's a 90 gallon cart.
I also assessed the damage in the artichoke patch. Indeed several stems are bent over. One was broken off. I cut off the artichokes from that stem plus another large one that was ready to cut. I pulled that stem out and put it in the yard cart. I looked at the other stems that fell down, and they seem to still be connected to the ground. Ants are back, so maybe I'll start putting Terro out for them. It's a megacolony that is so big it damages my plants.
The good news is that there are still quite a few healthy artichoke plants, so I'll be able to keep enjoying them for several weeks.
I also found either the rest of the carcass of the chicken that some critter took from my neighbors, or else it was a second chicken. That carcass went in the yard cart too. I also found where the critter might either be bedding down or it's just a latrine. If it's a latrine only, that suggests maybe raccoon. But the poops are pretty darn big. I need to find someone who is a scatologist to help me figure out what it might be. If you know your poop, what do you think?
I'm no scatologist, but am familiar with Massachusetts coyote scat, and I would have said yours is not that, but while looking for a picture I found this, and am less certain.
What I've seen in my woods has a much higher percentage of hair/fur.
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/coyote-scat-how-to-tell-if-a-coyote-pooped-in-your-yard/
Coyote droppings resemble a knotted rope with multiple pieces. They’re big and tubular. Coyote droppings are usually 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches in diameter and 3 to 5 inches long.
Male coyote poo is larger than female coyote poo, measuring 6 to 12 inches in length depending on the coyote’s size. Their poop has long curly tapering ends, which distinguishes it from other scats.
Coyote feces may contain hair and bones from prey such as rodents, shrews, and rabbits. You may also find seeds, grass, nuts, fruits, and berries that they eat to get rid of intestinal worms.3
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