Notes to Self- Garden .2

Last year was a challenging year.

Tasha Tudor inspiration-  I
 love this idea!
Tasha Tudor plants three of the same plant in three different spots, then she moves the ones that are not flourishing to the area where the one plant is thriving.

Recipe for A Disastrous Garden

1) Drought,  lost so many plants-
plus a broken sprinkler system, add in travel, and over commitment
and a ridiculously incompetent sprinkler company
(left us with more broken sprinklers than we started, and a 1000.00 bill)
2) Rabbits
3) Family of ground hogs
4) Deer, about 5 to 7 - Buck, and several Fawn and Does
5) Fox, opossum, raccoons 
6) The usual bevy of squirrels, chipmunks, mice, beautiful birds and owls
7) various plant eating insects
8) Dead trees from drought

add to the mix

1) me... one that doesn't want to hurt anything
2) will not use chemicals
3) a dog - thinks it is beneath it to chase furry animals.
4) Not sure what to do after hiring expensive incompetent sprinkler man and spending thousands of dollars



All this equals a challenging garden

1) Hubby somewhat fixed water by himself
2) Bought Coyote urine- placed near groundhog's den, didn't help, but noted I didn't use it as directed
3) human hair placed near groundhog  (didn't work)
4) removed dead trees and limbs 
5) transplanted some of the fast growing plants that were too big, may have lost them?  not sure
6) bought shell stuff on Amazon to deter insect population (snails, slugs and rolley polley bugs)
helped!
7) bought ladybugs on amazon - helped with aphids, japanese beetles. 
8) Learned to enjoy wildlife rather than be annoyed-  helped greatly
9) Learned to enjoy planning a garden. I'm redoing it so often


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This is a puzzle