spindly crop devastated by fanged predator

News Flash: the sprouts were attacked by a beastly beast! The cat ate ALL of the spinach sprouts and about half the carrot sprouts. All of the sturdy little spinach babies were devoured by the fanged feline! She started to eat the peas, but I think they taste bad...good thing they're poisonous too. Damn cat.




The peas planted in paper pots are positively plantastic. Plentiful and pretty too. I've put a few out in the raised bed to see if it's time...not everyone is out there in case it's too early. The rest of the gang is on a field trip to get a dose of reality. Other people call it hardening off, but I prefer to think of it as teaching the sprouts about life. Although...life here in the not that far north has been so NICE. Sunny and warm. Layers shed, winter skin exposed.



Now that the snow bank between my yard and the neighbors is mostly gone, their dear doggies were back to their fun habit of using my yard as a toilet. Since the ground is still frozen about 6 inches down, I had to figure out alternative fence posts. Being 'blessed' with rocks, I built these things, sort of cairn posts. I know I've seen them other places, I'm sure they have real names...but I bet most gardeners don't call it a spindly crop either.

The morning I found a puddle of dog pee on my raised bed, I knew I had to get that fence up! Now some of the spindlies are getting a serious dose of reality out there, but the plastic will protect them at night. The buckets have potatoes in them, hoping for a spud crop...plants want to grow right? Some of this will produce edibles and make it all worth while.