Comments for Eat Seasonally http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress cooking and growing local food Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Just How Lazy are Eaters? by Tamra http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress/just-how-lazy-are-eaters/#comment-199 Tamra Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:49:11 +0000 http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress/?p=2132#comment-199 You are so right about the price. And those paying for that convience are probably the same people who are shocked at what I pay for high quality organic real food. You are so right about the price. And those paying for that convience are probably the same people who are shocked at what I pay for high quality organic real food.

]]> Comment on Just How Lazy are Eaters? by Andria http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress/just-how-lazy-are-eaters/#comment-198 Andria Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:40:08 +0000 http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress/?p=2132#comment-198 This post is so right on. I have thought the same things while strolling through the freezer section. And look at the prices, too! People are paying a high premium for convenience. This post is so right on. I have thought the same things while strolling through the freezer section. And look at the prices, too! People are paying a high premium for convenience.

]]> Comment on Maybe I Should Just Grow Flowers by clarence http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress/maybe-i-should-just-grow-flowers/#comment-195 clarence Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:05:53 +0000 http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress/?p=2020#comment-195 We know the feeling. For us it was every strawberry. My daughter asked for a BB gun for her 16th birthday so she could take out some chipmunks in hope that we might get a few strawberries next year. Shooting guns is a little out of character for her and even though I was tempted... we will try other measures first. We know the feeling. For us it was every strawberry.

My daughter asked for a BB gun for her 16th birthday so she could take out some chipmunks in hope that we might get a few strawberries next year. Shooting guns is a little out of character for her and even though I was tempted… we will try other measures first.

]]> Comment on Maybe I Should Just Grow Flowers by Tamra http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress/maybe-i-should-just-grow-flowers/#comment-194 Tamra Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:04:31 +0000 http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress/?p=2020#comment-194 I know, you are right. It just would not seem like March at my house, if I did nto have a flat of tomatoes under lights in the garage. I will never stop growing food, but sometimes I feel like no matter what I do the critters win. Usually they only take some, but when they get every tomato ... I know, you are right. It just would not seem like March at my house, if I did nto have a flat of tomatoes under lights in the garage. I will never stop growing food, but sometimes I feel like no matter what I do the critters win. Usually they only take some, but when they get every tomato …

]]> Comment on Maybe I Should Just Grow Flowers by clarence http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress/maybe-i-should-just-grow-flowers/#comment-193 clarence Sun, 18 Sep 2011 02:13:37 +0000 http://www.eatseasonally.com/wordpress/?p=2020#comment-193 we also have lost a lot of our garden to chipmunks and most of our green beans have fattened a already fat wood chuck... but to stop growing vegetables? I love flowers growing in the yard and garden and would have more if I had more space.... but really if I had more space I would grow more vegetables, that is just who we are. We love the food we grow, we rejoice when he first cucumber or zucchini is large enough to come into the house, and oh my that first corn and tomato pie of the summer... some dishes are not the same without fresh from the garden ingredients. Our plan is to fight these raiders much the same way bugs are kept off plants with floating row covers only woven wire (1/2" hardware cloth) does not float like row cover does. I plan to build hardware cloth covered frames over the strawberry rows to keep the chipmunks away from the strawberries. Similar covers may keep the wood chuck from the beans but I will have to be creative to keep him from the tomatoes. I may also have to transition to raised beds with wire bottoms as both pest can borrow up from underneath... but that may not stop the chuck as I did have him in my live trap this week but he tore a hole in the cage door and escaped before I got home from work... He really needs to be relocated! we also have lost a lot of our garden to chipmunks and most of our green beans have fattened a already fat wood chuck… but to stop growing vegetables?

I love flowers growing in the yard and garden and would have more if I had more space…. but really if I had more space I would grow more vegetables, that is just who we are. We love the food we grow, we rejoice when he first cucumber or zucchini is large enough to come into the house, and oh my that first corn and tomato pie of the summer… some dishes are not the same without fresh from the garden ingredients.

Our plan is to fight these raiders much the same way bugs are kept off plants with floating row covers only woven wire (1/2″ hardware cloth) does not float like row cover does. I plan to build hardware cloth covered frames over the strawberry rows to keep the chipmunks away from the strawberries. Similar covers may keep the wood chuck from the beans but I will have to be creative to keep him from the tomatoes.
I may also have to transition to raised beds with wire bottoms as both pest can borrow up from underneath… but that may not stop the chuck as I did have him in my live trap this week but he tore a hole in the cage door and escaped before I got home from work… He really needs to be relocated!

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