AlaskaSue
North to the Future
My big raised bed is done for the year…veg and seeds all harvested. Planted my garlic, hoping to avoid the problem I had with being raided last season. Got most of what I wanted in the dirt, and watched it for a couple days. Lo, something…I can’t imagine what as no prints were left…DUG out quite a lot of the cloves I’d planted. Ugh.
Sigh, I am replanting what got taken out, mulching deeply and have heavy plastic mesh I’ll anchor down with some of the many granite stones around here. That should work until spring when I’ll need to uncover…May need a row cover or something to protect them then, will have to think about that. Maybe even along the lines of the old glass bells gardeners used to use, but maybe plastic bottle ends….?
MEANWHILE IN ALASKA….
you think you have shipping issues? Let me show you what you’re missing. I want to buy bone meal for my newly added garlic row and found what I like to use online. Price was not bad, $50 for 50#…. then I checked shipping: $243. Typical!
But, it’s what one expects living in what’s left of The Last Frontier, maybe you’ll get a smile when you think about your shipping costs. There are workarounds I can do, tbough I do wish I had the easy access to beach peat that my Kodiak friends have!
Much warmer here today - we are up over 25 degrees from last few days, but so blustery that I need my parka and fur earmuffs to work outdoors. Totally worth it.
Note, this is not my photo but near my home.
I don’t have moose or bunny issues, but something likes the garlic….maybe I’ll see about a version of this come spring…
Sigh, I am replanting what got taken out, mulching deeply and have heavy plastic mesh I’ll anchor down with some of the many granite stones around here. That should work until spring when I’ll need to uncover…May need a row cover or something to protect them then, will have to think about that. Maybe even along the lines of the old glass bells gardeners used to use, but maybe plastic bottle ends….?
MEANWHILE IN ALASKA….
you think you have shipping issues? Let me show you what you’re missing. I want to buy bone meal for my newly added garlic row and found what I like to use online. Price was not bad, $50 for 50#…. then I checked shipping: $243. Typical!
But, it’s what one expects living in what’s left of The Last Frontier, maybe you’ll get a smile when you think about your shipping costs. There are workarounds I can do, tbough I do wish I had the easy access to beach peat that my Kodiak friends have!
Much warmer here today - we are up over 25 degrees from last few days, but so blustery that I need my parka and fur earmuffs to work outdoors. Totally worth it.
Note, this is not my photo but near my home.
I don’t have moose or bunny issues, but something likes the garlic….maybe I’ll see about a version of this come spring…