Wes made this hardware cloth screen cover for the raised bed with the most eaten seedlings.
Earwigs vs bunnies
Last night I took Briar out for her final business trip of the evening and noticed this big pile of earwigs feasting on fallen oak buds. Okay, I knew we had a lot of earwigs. I knew they nibbled on my purple potatoes last year. I have also suspected them of getting a few seedlings, like my coreopsis seedlings.
However, these earwigs chose an awfully suspicious place to dine. Right next to a denuded branch of moss-curled parsley.
Wes has just constructed me an anti-bunny defense screen for the front yard raised beds. So, soon we’ll find out… Are the bunnies really the culprits of the lost seedlings of mizuna, bok choy, and carrots? Did they, as suspected, eat all the leaves off my front yard parsley? Or am I going to have to find out if diatomaceous earth really works on earwigs?
Stay tuned.
Everything is growing!
Spring is really springing today. It’s very humid and warm too though no substantial rain yet despite forecast.
Seeds and apple tree on a drizzling morning
Paula came over and we planted many things, as well as doing some trimming and raking.
Mystery consumption of coreopsis seedlings
I left the glass jar off the backyard newly transplanted seedlings last night and those two were gone. Genius move there. HOWEVER, in the front yard I also checked on the two new seedlings there. One was fine, the other was GONE and it was under a glass jar too. Earwig? Rolley-polley? We may never know. Paula has kindly and generously agreed to re-donate back one of the many I gave to her as her mortality rate is currently substantially lower. Like all of them are living. Thank you, Paula, for subsidizing my sink population.
Lunch time front yard raised beds garden check
Melting almost complete
I don’t think it froze overnight so the streets are mostly dry except for water flowing along edges. Shady spots and snow piles are less melted.
More survival reports
I went out to get the kohlrabi and cabbage for Wes and uncovered some more areas.
The survival report
Well, on the way out to walk the dog, I started lifting up some tubs and towels to let things have sun and see what survived. I’ll go out again later and see about the kohlrabi and one cabbage as the chef wants them for dinner. Any feedback on whether to trim back the damaged perennials (irises, garlic, rosemary) would be appreciated!
The melting report
To be followed by survival report!