Squirrels have left their mark and made me do some "rearranging" of my vegetable plans. Summer heat has started to slow things down, but I am still having fun. The peppers have been doing well and I planted some okra hoping it can make it through the summer. Fall garden plans are brewing, and I am starting to get the itch. I just need to get through the next two months of Central Texas heat!
Our cantaloupe at the top of the trellis is swelling up. As with most things in my garden the ones that try to develop down low become breakfast for the squirrels. I find a new half eaten cantaloupe somewhere in my yard, weekly.
This is what it has come too. A tomato hut. While building this I realized I would pass the "South Austin School of Architecture". I'm pretty proud of this ridiculously tacky and ugly structure. It is working quite well. I did learn the hard way that the squirrels can chew through the netting, so now I am not only trying to play urban farmer but have to play urban rancher and walk my fence-line every morning to check for holes and do a patch work that rivals the overall quality of the structure itself. Ha.
So the story goes like this. I built the tomatoes structure and dusted off my hands, held my head high, and retired for the night pretty satisfied that I had done something major to beat the squirrels. I woke up the next morning only to find the squirrels gave me the middle finger and completely ravaged my corn patch. They peeled open and ate EVERY ear of corn that had formed and completely annihilated EVERY corn stalk. It literally looked like a tornado had come through. There were corn plants all over the yard and garden, and ears laying around half eaten. It was bad! But not a time to give up. I planted some peas and beans in that spot. It gets quite a bit of shade this time of year, so I thought maybe they would survive summer. We shall see.
Sorry for the blurry pictures and lack thereof. Its hot! Cheers.
