Thread: In the garden 2021

Originally Posted by 32t

Mole/vole if it is dead from the poison and your favorite dog eats it your dog is dead also.

Almost all Rodenticide used now days is a Vitamin K based blocker

It is nearly harmless for secondary poisonings, even if the dog or cat gets hold of one a simple 21 day regime of Vitamin K negates the effect Go ahead ask me how I know this

Originally Posted by rolodave

Nice looking corner. Well done!

Thanks, Dave. A bit at a time we are recovering. It was almost like we were in denial..
It deep-froze regularly decades ago. I should have filled the kitchen dining area with plants for some days and still had most of it.
Was a nice, blooming Plumeria in that pot. Will it come back? It has before! Fingers-crossed.

4-O'cloks and Elephant ears are popping up. Cannons too.

Happened to see this today---

Was watching two sand hill cranes. Never saw them here before.
Of course, both batteries for the camera were dead.
Will try for pics if they hang around

Originally Posted by rolodave

Was watching two sand hill cranes. Never saw them here before.
Of course, both batteries for the camera were dead.
Will try for pics if they hang around

And here I thought I was the last person on earth to use a digital camera to take pictures instead of a smart phone

Originally Posted by rolodave

Was watching two sand hill cranes. Never saw them here before.
Of course, both batteries for the camera were dead.
Will try for pics if they hang around

Go around Grand Island Nebraska if you want to watch them. They migrate in an hour glass pattern and concentrate around there. They rent bird blinds for watching not hunting.

It was 1991 or so when I was down there to watch them. What a scene!

I guess my neighbor (life long resident) and i were the only people not knowing about the sandhill cranes on this area.

From all accounts, they are rather common around the marshes. This pair I spotted are definitely tending a nest so we should see them most of the summer.

Big Walla Walla next to a quarter

Hey Roy

When do pull the seed pods

This guy does a better job of explaining than I can plus you have pictures!



This is a common sight around these parts.



The growers pull the onions, let them dry and then replant them to raise seed. Here's a picture of them doing so. Notice that they don't leave any space, all of the energy will be used to push up the stalk and for seed heads.




I hope this helps.