tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439775590468820468.post696204388508557871..comments2024-02-27T18:47:31.191-08:00Comments on From Seed To Table: Harvest Monday - December 31, 2012. What I harvested in 2012 and...Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07812702328134261533noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439775590468820468.post-41388779856055079352013-01-09T05:22:58.207-08:002013-01-09T05:22:58.207-08:00Nice to have the beds built. I finished my last 2 ...Nice to have the beds built. I finished my last 2 in the spring. I assume you have them off the ground a little with an air gap to keep the roots out (around here it is white pine rather than oak). And the rats! Not something we see here, thank goodness. I guess cold winters are good for something. Wish I had your luck with peppers and eggplant. I am going to try Padron this year, hope I get David Veltenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07710293718143454000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439775590468820468.post-64042921997088201752013-01-05T11:34:19.336-08:002013-01-05T11:34:19.336-08:00There was just an unusual spike in the rat populat...There was just an unusual spike in the rat population in 2011. Other friends in the area also experienced a lot more problems with rats that year. I think it was partly because the oak trees produced a bumper crop of acorns that year which supported a much higher rat population. Then the oak moths stripped the oak trees of their leaves in the last half of 2011 and all through 2012 - so no acorns Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812702328134261533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439775590468820468.post-56747984980059183572013-01-05T08:48:37.280-08:002013-01-05T08:48:37.280-08:00Was 2011 just a weird rat population explosion yea...Was 2011 just a weird rat population explosion year? Or did something else change in 2012 that thwarted them? I know you put barriers into the bottom of your new beds, but did you do something else differently or did you just have horrific bad luck with a population explosion of them in 2011?<br /><br />Your tomato and pepper production in 2012 was mind boggling. When I was in central kitsapFGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06120640838501186514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439775590468820468.post-33541688558735814822013-01-02T11:21:04.594-08:002013-01-02T11:21:04.594-08:00It's encouraging that you've managed to ge...It's encouraging that you've managed to get the rats under control. Our 'zappers' stopped working (and the new IR ones don't work as well), and although we had a number of snaps in the early-mid season, the ones we didn't catch I think were simply too smart to be caught. Going to change things up a bit this year though, I hate losing produce to rodents! Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439775590468820468.post-89077280834642212732013-01-01T01:43:12.874-08:002013-01-01T01:43:12.874-08:00Glad you seem to have the rats under control. I h...Glad you seem to have the rats under control. I haven't they are eating my garden (probably as I right) and are avoiding all my traps but I have to admit I haven't set any snap traps due to a couple of unfortunate bird incidents in the past...Lizhttp://www.suburbantomato.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439775590468820468.post-3784698007983218042012-12-31T18:00:13.663-08:002012-12-31T18:00:13.663-08:00What a fascinating overview.
Wishing you a ver...What a fascinating overview. <br /><br />Wishing you a very happy new year.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03932975112078606231noreply@blogger.com