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| Thought this was safe in the coldframe - maybe the large, succulent lettuce leaves waving ripely from their pot was just too much of a temptation. |
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| Radicchio centers - gone. |
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| If you can bigify this, you will notice the nekkid parsley stems. |
I have noticed that the rodentia population is rampant this spring. I have gotten over the cuteness of chipmunks - all 500 of them - after they chewed down my sunflower starts for the fifth time. I am beyond over the not-so-cuteness of the ratties (see #5). I am now narrowing my sights on the dwindling cuteness of the army of rabbits that skitter across the homestead. Of course, I know that rabbits + lettuce = they win/you lose. That is why I planted my lettuce in a coldframe with 12+ inch sides. They scaled the ramparts! They also found the one little hole I missed that led them into my herb bed. Ergo - scalped parsley.
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| Sunflower seedlings cut off at the seed (bigify if you dare - it's not pretty). However, Morning Gloriesmust not be on the chipmunk diet - they were not touched. |
It's a good thing I am a morning person. I had to squeeze in rabbit-proofing my coldframe and herb bed. Just as I was ready to pat myself on the back for winning another battle, I came across my bee balm. Something has eaten all the buds off the stems. But wait! There's more - some'one' had completely unscrewed the bottom of my hummingbird feeder. What the...?! I am thinking squirrels, as a bear would have ripped the sucker off the holder and smashed it. Uncle already!!
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| For your viewing pleasure - the 6+ lb. piece (all one piece) of matted, felted llama fleece that came off of the mad camel on Monday. |
