tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post115541404272809516..comments2024-03-17T19:32:26.043+00:00Comments on Daughter of the Soil: Today in the garden ... the phantom rummagerRebsie Fairholmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-1155513866748262382006-08-14T01:04:00.000+01:002006-08-14T01:04:00.000+01:00I'm glad you enjoyed reading about the dinos. Tha...I'm glad you enjoyed reading about the dinos. Thanks for visiting my blog!<BR/><BR/>I don't have any idea if disturbed soil in a less harmful place will help, but it seemed benign, at least.... I do wonder what it is!<BR/><BR/> ps -- count me as someone who likes hearing about your adventures in polination!I need orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819543886910857718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-1155513348863648012006-08-14T00:55:00.000+01:002006-08-14T00:55:00.000+01:00Wow, that's brilliant, thanks!Wow, that's brilliant, thanks!Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-1155512266948744112006-08-14T00:37:00.000+01:002006-08-14T00:37:00.000+01:00Looked up the specifics for milk- water treatment ...Looked up the specifics for milk- water treatment for powdery mildew: 1/4 c. milk plus 3/4 cup water, spray once a week. Once treatment is under way, a weaker solution will suffice. (When exposed to sunlight, a protein in milk produces oxygen radicals, which act as a natural fungicide.)Seems simple, anyhow.... from Herb Companion Magazine www.herbcompanion.com.<BR/>Cheers...Bill and Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909984764552003772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-1155505918270493082006-08-13T22:51:00.000+01:002006-08-13T22:51:00.000+01:00Hi I Need Orange ... I enjoyed reading about your ...Hi I Need Orange ... I enjoyed reading about your plastic dinosaurs! Yes, I suspect you're right about the rummager looking for grubs of some sort, and that's a great tip to distract him with some loose soil elsewhere. I'll try that.<BR/><BR/>Hi Salix Tree, yes, the Yetholm Gypsy potatoes taste as good as they look ... very strong old-fashioned flavour.<BR/><BR/>Hi Primrozie ... wow, I don't know that I've ever seen a raccoon ... we don't have them in the UK. I imagine they can do a lot of damage though. I hope your broccoli and other crops do well.<BR/><BR/>Hi Bill and Libby, wow, now there's an idea! D'you know it hadn't even occurred to me that it might be a bird ... but it could be ... they certainly can make a mess of pots when they're looking for nesting material. And thanks very much for the mildew tip, I wasn't aware of the milk and water remedy. And as my new Alderman seedlings are showing signs of mildew already I will probably have to try it.Rebsie Fairholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811733792196954188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-1155489798996406012006-08-13T18:23:00.000+01:002006-08-13T18:23:00.000+01:00How about setting up a peripheral zone of dilute p...How about setting up a peripheral zone of dilute poster paint and some white paper around your pots so that you can get the footprints of your night mystery guest? At least you would then know what you are dealing with(if no footprints, must be a bird, eh?)<BR/>And, have you tried the milk and water spray for your mildew? Was just reading about it in an herbal...Bill and Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16909984764552003772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-1155472241528752572006-08-13T13:30:00.000+01:002006-08-13T13:30:00.000+01:00Hi! I live in Western Pennsylvania and we are near...Hi! I live in Western Pennsylvania and we are nearing the end of our summer. I should have had my cool season plants in already but have decided to do some planting today. I've covered my raised beds many times against the weather and should be able to get in some lettuce, spinach and chard. <BR/><BR/>I have decided to even go for broccoli! We'll see if it germinates in good time.<BR/><BR/>We also have trouble with nightly visitors. It was raccoons. They ate my summer squash right on the vine. When they began fishing my small pond and eating the fish, my son got rid of them for me. Two very fat raccoons. <BR/><BR/>They knocked clay pots off the deck that had flowers in them (large pots!) and did a lot of other damage as well. I don't like to interfere with nature, but I began to see them as outlaws.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09546780680780100535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-1155459948737380502006-08-13T10:05:00.000+01:002006-08-13T10:05:00.000+01:00Nice you got some California poppies growing in yo...Nice you got some California poppies growing in your garden now! I love those! <BR/>I've been following your story of the plantings of your peas, and I figured bush beans would fall into that category as well, being legumes. So I too have planted some late beans into empty places in the veggie garden. They seem to be doing well!<BR/>Oh.. and love the colors of those potatoes! So those taste good? I know you were dissapointed with the taste of the edsel ones.<BR/>Thanks so much for all the info, much appreciated.Silvia Hoefnagels . Salix Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143805751885131535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23047857.post-1155420295708358022006-08-12T23:04:00.000+01:002006-08-12T23:04:00.000+01:00I love reading about all this. Thank you for shar...I love reading about all this. Thank you for sharing it with us.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if your nocturnal marauder is looking for grubs or something in the soil? Seems odd that he is so interested in your pots that he'll climb things to get at them, with the whole of nature there at his disposal.....<BR/><BR/>I wonder if it would help to dig up some places you don't care about, loosening it for him, if he cares more about disturbed soil than about what may be planted?I need orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819543886910857718noreply@blogger.com