Unusual attacks on garden 2010
Everything that goes wrong in my garden is my fault one way or another. I take full responsibility. Now here is a new one for the books.
On the other side of my fence is an open field. No harm in throwing "bad" tomatoes over the fence, one would think. One would be wrong. A few weeks ago something began eating the tomatoes off the vine. Ripe and green tomatoes alike. Some bite marks looked huge. Some tomatoes were totally eaten others only partially. One day my wife said she thought she saw a RAT. I said no-way but set out traps just in case. The first night I bagged three large Norwegian rats. The following nights one each and none since. What I am thinking is they found the ones in the field and came looking for more. Live and learn. I am keeping the traps out until I am sure all of my new tomato fans are gone. And no more tomatoes thrown into the field.
This weekend I am doing something I have never done before. I am pulling up my garden and replanting it. The garden looks soooooooo sad. It is the only thing to do.
On the other side of my fence is an open field. No harm in throwing "bad" tomatoes over the fence, one would think. One would be wrong. A few weeks ago something began eating the tomatoes off the vine. Ripe and green tomatoes alike. Some bite marks looked huge. Some tomatoes were totally eaten others only partially. One day my wife said she thought she saw a RAT. I said no-way but set out traps just in case. The first night I bagged three large Norwegian rats. The following nights one each and none since. What I am thinking is they found the ones in the field and came looking for more. Live and learn. I am keeping the traps out until I am sure all of my new tomato fans are gone. And no more tomatoes thrown into the field.
This weekend I am doing something I have never done before. I am pulling up my garden and replanting it. The garden looks soooooooo sad. It is the only thing to do.
posted by Jbeare | 12:29 AM
1 Comments:
Also, don't throw bad tomatoes that have been stung by bugs in your compost bin. Not only do they sting them, but they sometimes lay their eggs in them. Next year, they hatch out, and now you have that same problem all over again.
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