😂" its fine " ... has become my gardening mantra also . I think your garden boxes are perfect ! (Sorry you got hurt ) So exciting to see things bloom 💙 thank you for another fun video !!!
Thank you so much, Holly! Yes, very exciting to see some things starting to bloom. I'm looking forward to putting the garden beds to use. (And thankfully I'm on the mend!)
There are non so resilient as we gardeners 😂 and yes, we do it for fun. Have you tried putting food out for your resident squirrel? I imagine you've probably tried most things. It's been so wet here, too. It's very difficult to do anything at all out there, but we always get there in the end. Your garden is going to be stunning, keep going 😊
I've definitely considered putting out food for him - I'm just a bit worried he might call his friends. (Although come to think of it, he probably doesn't have any because he is quite territorial!) I might see if he settles down a bit as the weather improves and there's more for him to eat elsewhere, but keeping this in mind as a plan B. Thank you for the encouragement!
WOW! I can't believe how calm you are with all that going on. I'd be so stressed :D Hoping we can help you get your seed starting off like a rocket !!!!!!! I have no idea how you've been doing things so feel free to completely ignore me - but some of the seeds you were mentioning (especially the really small ones like foxgloves and snap dragon) will germinate better if you don't cover them, leave them on the soil surface to get all the light they can. That might help.
Why, thank you! I may look calm, but the two to three grey hairs I had when we started this project have definitely called their friends. :) Yes, the soil microwaving has worked brilliantly! By comparison, the compost that didn't get microwaved is sprouting some bugs and other things. I did surface-sow the snapdragons, etc., but come to think of it I may have been heavy-handed with the vermiculite, and/or trying to fit too many things under too few lights. Thanks so much for watching!
Oh wow, I nearly cried over your flower munching squirrel! And especially tulips! What can you do! Like you say, the squirrel was there first. And such a handsome bushy tail. No wonder Beatrix Potter wrote Squirrel Nutkin who was so cheeky his tail got wopped off 😂Then I felt the pain of your thumb! Ouch indeed! But spring is in the air and 4 weeks will make all the difference! Next month will see huge changes I know! Loved your video. Does your gorgeous dog chase the squirrel?
Oh, he is totally Nutkin! And the bushy tail is 100% how we tell him apart from the other local squirrels. (That, and he's about 30% bigger than all the others. We joke that he has a rack of dumbbells hidden out in the garden somewhere.) Thank you so much for watching - and for the encouragement, as always!
We have squirrels, they drive me nuts digging everywhere!! But they’ve NEVER eaten my flowers. I have crocuses in bloom and they don’t go near them. I have tulips and they don’t bother them. They will dig up my bulbs not to eat them but because they dig everywhere!!! I can’t believe you’ve seen them eat your flowers! Ugh our neighbors on one side had a trampoline. Their property is twice the size of ours and yet they put that stupid trampoline right against the fence so they could see right over the fence. So annoying! But they damaged it so it’s gone and they’re all gone now! Yay lol Your space is beautiful even with the dug up section
This particular squirrel (who I think is on steroids) is the only one I've ever seen eating plants. The ones at our old place were way less destructive! Sorry to hear you're also dealing with the digging issue. (But that's great you're no longer looking at a trampoline! I think I'm in it for the long haul with this one, and it sure gets a lot of use.) Thank you for watching!
I wish i could upload a photo but in my veg garden i also did what you did, we put in “raised beds” they’re more to keep soil contained and so i can attach netting. I use the netting to keep squirrels out! They are my nemesis lol, also to keep neighborhood cats out and i get invasive bugs so the netting stays up all growing season. I prefer not to do that but it’s too much work and money that goes into planting vegetables to have animals dig up my stuff, or use it as a litter box or to have bugs decimate my stuff
I think the netting sounds like a really good idea. Glad to know it's also effective for your squirrels, in addition to the cats and bugs. (Which I also have plenty of!)
😂" its fine " ... has become my gardening mantra also . I think your garden boxes are perfect ! (Sorry you got hurt ) So exciting to see things bloom 💙 thank you for another fun video !!!
Thank you so much, Holly! Yes, very exciting to see some things starting to bloom. I'm looking forward to putting the garden beds to use. (And thankfully I'm on the mend!)
Tough month, but just look at how far you have come already! Really enjoying your videos, keep up the hard work it will be worth it in the end.😊
Thank you so much! Sometimes it's hard for me to see the progress, and I really appreciate your kind words. Thanks for watching!
There are non so resilient as we gardeners 😂 and yes, we do it for fun. Have you tried putting food out for your resident squirrel? I imagine you've probably tried most things. It's been so wet here, too. It's very difficult to do anything at all out there, but we always get there in the end. Your garden is going to be stunning, keep going 😊
I've definitely considered putting out food for him - I'm just a bit worried he might call his friends. (Although come to think of it, he probably doesn't have any because he is quite territorial!) I might see if he settles down a bit as the weather improves and there's more for him to eat elsewhere, but keeping this in mind as a plan B. Thank you for the encouragement!
WOW!
I can't believe how calm you are with all that going on. I'd be so stressed :D
Hoping we can help you get your seed starting off like a rocket !!!!!!!
I have no idea how you've been doing things so feel free to completely ignore me - but some of the seeds you were mentioning (especially the really small ones like foxgloves and snap dragon) will germinate better if you don't cover them, leave them on the soil surface to get all the light they can. That might help.
Why, thank you! I may look calm, but the two to three grey hairs I had when we started this project have definitely called their friends. :)
Yes, the soil microwaving has worked brilliantly! By comparison, the compost that didn't get microwaved is sprouting some bugs and other things. I did surface-sow the snapdragons, etc., but come to think of it I may have been heavy-handed with the vermiculite, and/or trying to fit too many things under too few lights. Thanks so much for watching!
Oh wow, I nearly cried over your flower munching squirrel! And especially tulips! What can you do! Like you say, the squirrel was there first. And such a handsome bushy tail. No wonder Beatrix Potter wrote Squirrel Nutkin who was so cheeky his tail got wopped off 😂Then I felt the pain of your thumb! Ouch indeed! But spring is in the air and 4 weeks will make all the difference! Next month will see huge changes I know! Loved your video. Does your gorgeous dog chase the squirrel?
Oh, he is totally Nutkin! And the bushy tail is 100% how we tell him apart from the other local squirrels. (That, and he's about 30% bigger than all the others. We joke that he has a rack of dumbbells hidden out in the garden somewhere.) Thank you so much for watching - and for the encouragement, as always!
We have squirrels, they drive me nuts digging everywhere!! But they’ve NEVER eaten my flowers. I have crocuses in bloom and they don’t go near them. I have tulips and they don’t bother them. They will dig up my bulbs not to eat them but because they dig everywhere!!! I can’t believe you’ve seen them eat your flowers!
Ugh our neighbors on one side had a trampoline. Their property is twice the size of ours and yet they put that stupid trampoline right against the fence so they could see right over the fence. So annoying! But they damaged it so it’s gone and they’re all gone now! Yay lol
Your space is beautiful even with the dug up section
This particular squirrel (who I think is on steroids) is the only one I've ever seen eating plants. The ones at our old place were way less destructive! Sorry to hear you're also dealing with the digging issue. (But that's great you're no longer looking at a trampoline! I think I'm in it for the long haul with this one, and it sure gets a lot of use.) Thank you for watching!
I wish i could upload a photo but in my veg garden i also did what you did, we put in “raised beds” they’re more to keep soil contained and so i can attach netting. I use the netting to keep squirrels out! They are my nemesis lol, also to keep neighborhood cats out and i get invasive bugs so the netting stays up all growing season. I prefer not to do that but it’s too much work and money that goes into planting vegetables to have animals dig up my stuff, or use it as a litter box or to have bugs decimate my stuff
I think the netting sounds like a really good idea. Glad to know it's also effective for your squirrels, in addition to the cats and bugs. (Which I also have plenty of!)