Double-damn deer

[razzleberry]

So last night, they ate all the daylily blooms and buds! The flowers were so pretty. I HATE BAMBI!!!!

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[birgitts_place]

Oh good grief! My mom and several friends have deer problems...

Did you see this? Is it near you?

[razzleberry]

Two of the eggplant plants are leafing back out. I'm shaking my red pepper repellent on them very night.

Atlanta's about a four hour drive from me. Our town does have a tour of gardens, but I was out of town that day.

This http://www.damayan.org/new/ is the garden project I want to get involved in when I am able. Right now they do most of their volunteer gardening during the day when I'm working. I'll do it eventually, though!

[birgitts_place]

I'm glad to hear that the eggplant are surviving. There is a product I just saw in the Territorial catalog called Not Tonight Deer - you could check it out.

Four hours is like driving to Tahoe for us - not a day's endeavour!!!

That looks like a fabulous project. I can see the school gardens being on the weekdays only, but it seems shortsighted not to have a weekend workday at the community gardens. Perhaps you could ask. But yes, I can't do everything either!

From their links page, I want to go here. Ancient pecans and pears are of interest! And I just knew when they said wooded that they would produce shiitakes! When I was researching my shroom project, most of the videos and extension pages were from the southeast.

Perhaps I'll make it over there one day. Although I'm sure I'll die of soybean oil poisoning. Or starve to death.

[razzleberry]

I do support the Damayan project. I think they do most of their volunteer work during the week because theirs volunteers are retired folks. I'll get to it eventually. ;)

Turkey Hill Farm is great, owned by Farmer Herman and Miss Louise. I went to an heirloom tomato workshop there last winter. They are at the Farmer's Market I go to every Saturday. He is so knowledgeable about soil building. He gives soil seminars occasionally. I need to fit one in my schedule.

I did have to chuckle when you talked about how hard it was to find oak branches for your shiitakes. I have a couple hundred in my yard I could send you! :) Pecans are plentiful around here. It's easy to find trees and pick up the nuts in the fall for free.

[birgitts_place]

Well, we all do things as we can. You and I just want to start all the 'retired folks' stuff now!

Oh, so that is the place where you took the heirloom tomato class! I remember you telling me about that class. It looks really amazing. I would absolutely recommend taking a soil class. All good things come from good soil. It really makes a difference.

*sigh* I will have you UPS me logs next time. You probably have the right kind of oak for shiitakes too! Truly, it was impossible to find the right wood. The sharecropper lady took out a giant, ancient, rotten elm and I snagged branches just because!

Pecans on the ground for the taking... *signs dreamily*