If only it were true. There's one spot in my Fatali pepper patch that is a dead zone. I plant a Fatali, it dies. I replace it, it dies. Couldn't figure it out until one morning I found a warm, steaming pile of raccoon offering. Guess he was peeing there and pooing in the oak half barrel. I took away his number one number two spot when I emptied and turned over the rotting half barrel. In retaliation, he began making larger deposits in the Fatali patch.
For the last two years, raccoons have been eating my Mammoth sunflower heads. I tried raccoon repellant which only turned the sunflower leaves black and made them more irrestible than ever to the bandits. This year I planted Teddy Bears which don't seem to appeal to ol' Rocky and friends.
Twas a gopher who chewed my morning glory's roots, causing it to all but die. There are a few living tendrils I have coaxed up the trellis. I will tend them in hopes the morning glory will get better as soon as it is able. The gophers have never eaten the morning glory roots before this year when I planted all the peppers and tomatoes in gopher baskets. Again, I suspect retaliation.
In the garden today
More like, in the garden center today. I only bought stakes to make tomato supports and a gopher basket to replant the morning glory into. But I admired many plants, especially Annie's Annuals. While it's great to browse the aisles of four-inch pots of unusual sunflowers, lupines, and poppies, perusing the web site is also rewarding. You can browse by plant type or color and search by sixteen types of plants, color, water and sun requirements, and annual or perennial. So, if I want more purple perennial flowers, I can get a pageful. Lots of pictures to moon over.
Now I better get started making those tomato supports. And setting up the drip irrigation.
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