Nibble Nibble

The little munchers have arrived in the garden. They ate about 4’ of a bean row. Later they came back and finished the row off and started another. Last night they sampled the corn. I spread some human hair in those beds, but I really don’t have a lot of faith in that method. A little pepper and garlic spray will work until the rains come. It is a real shame that rabbit is not good to eat this time of year. A rabbit box would provide a little extra protein to compensate for the missing beans.

It probably doesn’t really matter if an irrigation system leaks; but the wasted water does not seem to be going in the right place. A 10-pack of hose washers only costs 98 cents. Every connection to which they have been applied has stopped leaking. That is a good investment. It is really early to be watering the garden, but it seems to be a drier than normal spring.

The garden is really growing well. The raised bed system seems to have less weeds so far. The growth of everything is really good. This is the time of year when the garden really gives a lot of joy.

One fig tree was pruned, the other was not. The idea was to see if the pruning reduced the yield. The pruned tree seems to have as many or more figs than the un-pruned tree. The figs from each will be weighed and that will be the real test.s

David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/