<p>I wish my pest bunnies had that problem! They "pick " carrots before one could even tell those are carrots. The pests simply descend on the garden at the first sight of greenery and mow down everything on every garden bed. </p>
<p>Somehow the bunnies have left my tomatoes and basil alone, but could they have eaten my mint? I just thought it got overwatered. </p>
<p>We’re babysitting our neighbors dog and she got into my garden this morning! Right through the green beans and onto the yellow squash! I had sprayed the plants with a fish emulsion yesterday and I guess she thought there was yummy dead fish in the back. I think she may have done some real damage to the squash. I had picked the green beans twice so they may be done anyway. Argh! </p>
<p>I think the carrot would push itself up or it’s kind of obvious base on the green tops. If it’s a big green top it’s going to be a big carrot.</p>
<p>Check out this video posted on Gardenweb. Trying to trap a squirrel set to music.
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<p>I was sooo hoping to see the grand finale. 
A sequel, perhaps! A Douglas squirrel woke me up today at 5:30 am when it got upset about something and started chattering rather loudly in my mulberry tree! </p>
<p>S/he DID do one that was about searching for a tomato hornworm…</p>
<p>Oh, dear. I guess I don’t have to worry any more about that baby groundhog eating my tomatoes - someone on my street must have hit him with a car! (Or let’s put it this way - there was a dead baby groundhog in the middle of my street the other day, and since that time I haven’t see “my” baby groundhog on my deck.)</p>
<p>Part of me is glad that I don’t have to worry about my tomatoes any more, but part of me (the ridiculous, sentimental part of me) feels sad. RIP, little furry guy.</p>
<p>OOh, sad.</p>
<p>Hard for me to work up sympathy for such varmints. But live and let live. However, the pack of raccoons across the street from me are FRIGHTENING, and bigger than every cat in the neighborhood…as well as a few dogs, too.</p>
<p>I was sitting at my backyard table one evening when a skunk ran by, brushing my leg. Ack.<br>
Jym, what happened with your tomato branch orphans? I picked off a 4" sucker that had some baby buds, stuck in some moist dirt- and it wilted. A few hours later I put it in water and it revived. Will see if it does anything.</p>
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<p>Yeah, my rational side agrees with you. I blame too many Disney movies and too much “Wind in the Willows” for my overdeveloped sentimental side…</p>
<p>Help!!! Blemishes on Bell Peppers.</p>
<p>Harvested a Bell Pepper last night when I discovered that it had a rather large wrinkled and brown blemish on it. Cut it open to find tiny black spot inside. Took a look at the nearby chili pepper plant and found similar brown spot on the fruit, but not yet soft to the touch and no with a rotted appearance. Any ideas as to what it could be? I think I’ve been watering these container plants fairly evenly and regularly. Are peppers susceptible to a particular disease? Summer here has thus far been relatively cool. No 90+ heat waves yet, unlike the past three summers.</p>
<p>I find lots of info online- from the bigger plant/seed suppliers (eg, Bonnie,) the big garden-related blogs (eg, gardenweb,) and those amazing, dedicated state and university agricultural cooperatives. (Aim for one with similar weather and growing conditions.)</p>
<p>I think I am winning the least successful garden award this year. My tomatoes have stopped growing and the dog has eaten most of the green tomatoes. Even my mint is dying. The one big success is the Serrano chili. My H is happy, the plant is full of peppers and more flowers. We had a fairly sunny June but July has been overcast a lot of the day. I am thinking about pulling out the tomato plants and trying to start again with the hope I have a sunny September. </p>
<p>I have a ton of peppers–jalapeno, Serrano, and bell. More peppers than I can use. Can I freeze them? Pepper relish recipes? Would love suggestions.</p>
<p>I wash, slice and freeze yellow peppers. You freeze them on something flat, so they stay individual slices or pieces, as soon as they are frozen, you freezer bag them. Mine are crisp and fresh tasting when I later use them, not soggy. No idea about hot peppers but would guess it’s online. </p>
<p>I just picked a cucumber from my volunteer plant in the front, it’s like money from heaven, I didn’t know I get any. But the bees were busy with my lavender plants and must have fertilized it. Nothing beats fresh picked cucumber.</p>
<p>My husband is now putting on the final touch as far as sprinkler is concerned for the right side of the backyard, I will have room to plant real vegetables for a change, not the volunteer kind. I’ve been asking some of my garden centers for artichoke plants and they don’t have it so I guess I have to start them from seeds. I have tons of them, I just need to find out where they are.</p>
<p>Well, there was either a hawk or an falcon, my husband was digging up trenches to put in the sprinkler system and there must be mice out there. This morning we saw a hawk/falcon perching on top of a heap of dirt with a mouse in its claws. Who needs a mouse catcher when you get a prey like this?</p>
<p>As usual, I planted a couple cucumber plants, they grew nicely, flowered profusely, and are producing no fruit. A couple STARTED but they don’t seem to progress and are only an inch or two long. What am I doing wrong? The leaf and flower growth always look so promising but then it seems to just falter. The leaves kind of dry up in spots. </p>