One year we had planted dozens of Allium Gladiator, which as an onion is supposedly yucky and critter proof. Someone kept digging them up, these tennis ball sized bulbs, gnawing on them, declaring them disgusting, and tossing them aside. We'd pop them back in. Someone would dig them up again and gnaw a little more. This went on for several days before the squirrels got the right memo out to the neighborhood.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Juliebird - Mar 24, 2011 4:46:53 pm PDT #179 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
hippocampus - Mar 24, 2011 4:47:11 pm PDT #180 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
gardening xpost!
Juliebird - Mar 24, 2011 4:48:03 pm PDT #181 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
that's two votes for the Scram! It seriously does work. Once a month. Deer, rabbits, groundhogs, squirrels. (the smell does dissipate, and I did put it down rather heavily).
hippocampus - Mar 24, 2011 4:51:06 pm PDT #182 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
also, I had a neighbor who swore by coyote pee. Which you can get on the interwebs. because you can get everything on the interwebs.
eta: this isn't a dare for an ita link. this is a bonafide gardening post.
flea - Mar 24, 2011 4:53:17 pm PDT #183 of 30001
information libertarian
There is a freakishly huge grasshopper down here that loves amaryllis, but nothing else. I left one in a pot in the yard for 2 weeks when we moved down here and they ate the entire bulb. (I hate the lubbers - they are 3 inches long and like some sort of prehistoric nightmare bug: [link] )
hippocampus - Mar 24, 2011 4:57:13 pm PDT #184 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Flea, your bug's possible cousin (Jilli, Raq warning): [link]
Juliebird - Mar 24, 2011 4:58:37 pm PDT #185 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
*shudders*
What's the thingy in that country that swarms along the ground and leaves behind no living thing?
DavidS - Mar 24, 2011 4:59:30 pm PDT #186 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What's the thingy in that country that swarms along the ground and leaves behind no living thing?
Army Ants in Brazil?
hippocampus - Mar 24, 2011 5:00:35 pm PDT #187 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
What's the thingy in that country that swarms along the ground and leaves behind no living thing?
the ones from Poisonwood Bible? Driver ants.
Juliebird - Mar 24, 2011 5:01:01 pm PDT #188 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Alright, David, now can you find that thing I left somewhere?