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Gardening

NutmegYankee

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12. My biggest pest is squirrels.

Reply to panader0 (Reply #6)

Tue May 29, 2018, 05:43 AM

May 2018

Deer are abundant, but don’t jump privacy fences they can’t see over (out of sight, out of mind). Cottontails would be abundant if it wasn’t for the bobcats, foxes, coyotes, and fishers all competing to eat them.

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My backyard garden [View all] NutmegYankee May 2018 OP

Wow! snacker May 2018 #1

Nice Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #2

You've got your own little garden/park back there. Nicely kept. Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #3

I'm jealous bucolic_frolic May 2018 #4

I always find something does well, and something else does poorly. NutmegYankee May 2018 #15

Are those tomato and pepper plants? Ohiogal May 2018 #5

Tomatoes in the back, peppers in the circular mini-greenhouses. NutmegYankee May 2018 #14

Where's the javelina? panader0 May 2018 #6

My biggest pest is squirrels. NutmegYankee May 2018 #12

Nice! Here's my driveway garden NRaleighLiberal May 2018 #7

Your straw bale technique is very cool! NutmegYankee May 2018 #13

I am impressed! lucca18 May 2018 #8

A little trip to heaven. sandensea May 2018 #9

What state do you live in? Honeycombe8 May 2018 #10

Connecticut. NutmegYankee May 2018 #11

Oh. That explains it. The pics I've seen of it are beautiful. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #16

It depends on the region for cost of living. NutmegYankee May 2018 #17

Interesting. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #18

nice work natheo May 2018 #19