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Thats good. There's a possibility of snow here this weekend.The blues are normal temperatures. You lucky dog!
Thats good. There's a possibility of snow here this weekend.The blues are normal temperatures. You lucky dog!
Don't remember where I initially posted about dehydrating garlic scapes, but here is the much anticipated update.
After putting into the Magic Bullet, I had 1.5 pints of very fluffy powder. I was worried about the fluffiness catching moisture, so I put some himalayan salt in, reblended and it is now back in dehydrator. Thought the salt might take away moisture. My daughter said it tastes wonderful and has a strong garlic taste. We shall see.
Every couple days I have to gas and poison the gophers and voles.
I buy the gas bombs. They look like mini road flares. Whenever I find a fresh gopher mound, I dig around until I find their tunnel, light the gas bomb and put it in the tunnel. Be sure to cover the hole. I do the same with poison grain. Every feed store should carry both the poison grain and the gas bombs. I've used traps too but they're kind of a pain. I do the same when I find a vole hole. I also use the repeating kind of mouse traps. They catch both voles and mice.Can you tell me how to do that? I’ve got vibration spikes everywhere, but they won’t last forever.
I buy the gas bombs. They look like mini road flares. Whenever I find a fresh gopher mound, I dig around until I find their tunnel, light the gas bomb and put it in the tunnel. Be sure to cover the hole. I do the same with poison grain. Every feed store should carry both the poison grain and the gas bombs. I've used traps too but they're kind of a pain. I do the same when I find a vole hole. I also use the repeating kind of mouse traps. They catch both voles and mice.
Last winter the voles tunneled under the snow and girdled several fruit trees. This fall I'm going to wrap the trunks in wire mesh.
I have been in gardens all day and I killed my first Japanese Beetles. Thought it was too early for them, but the hot temps must have brought them out. Only one pair was doing the dance with no pants. Usually that is all you see them doing.
I just leave mine in the ground, as our winters, generally, aren't that bad. Some survive/come back in the spring (especially parsley and oregano); some freeze on off if we get a hard winter. Then I start new plants from seed mid-march and start all over.
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