tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post4266653170784655891..comments2023-05-17T09:11:39.306-05:00Comments on This Heavenly Life -- Messy, Loud, Always Worthwhile: Bigger Picture Moment: The Grumpy GardenerThis Heavenly Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586469381231517883noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-45993464249491680942010-07-15T20:45:24.140-05:002010-07-15T20:45:24.140-05:00Well...isn't that just life in a nut shell??!!...Well...isn't that just life in a nut shell??!! xoMaegan Beishlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424915556001899905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-25554878687201615812010-07-15T17:30:13.566-05:002010-07-15T17:30:13.566-05:00Try planting some marigolds for the bugs. If you ...Try planting some marigolds for the bugs. If you have some randomly through the rows, you won't have as many bugs eating your vegetable leaves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-26496425506330172202010-07-15T17:27:28.845-05:002010-07-15T17:27:28.845-05:00Years ago, I worked with a lady that came to work ...Years ago, I worked with a lady that came to work each day upset that the animals were eating her carrots and tomatoes. I suggested that maybe she should put some lawn chairs out there and enjoy the animals instead. She looked at me funny but you know she did it. From that point forward, she planted her garden with the understanding that she was sharing it with her furry friends. :)<br /><br />If you plant marigolds around the perimeter, you will find that it will keep the rabbits away.Tammy Lee Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17341013655421640030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-48529701941668063272010-07-15T16:03:27.213-05:002010-07-15T16:03:27.213-05:00I've never tried to plant a garden--my backyar...I've never tried to plant a garden--my backyard is concrete and fire escape. I've tried to grow herbs on my windowsill and they die every year, but each time they last a bit longer and I get a few more meals out of them. Good luck next year!urban muserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174488230882848637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-17026393165783566772010-07-15T14:50:38.251-05:002010-07-15T14:50:38.251-05:00Lol! I feel you! This gardening stuff is so emotio...Lol! I feel you! This gardening stuff is so emotion-provoking. <br />Also, it's given me new insight into that part in Genesis where it says people will have to toil with the land. Um, YEAH. Ain't that the truth.Hyacynthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838590548747956315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-48089846773547348182010-07-15T14:07:12.687-05:002010-07-15T14:07:12.687-05:00Oh I feel for you, or at least I would if I could ...Oh I feel for you, or at least I would if I could make it out to my garden to see my plants. We seem to alternate between crippling steamy over 100 degree heat and massive swarms of mosquitoes draining all my blood!Melissa Haakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692372175623299858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-6297250145834409922010-07-15T12:00:24.895-05:002010-07-15T12:00:24.895-05:00I hope it goes better next summer. Bravo for your ...I hope it goes better next summer. Bravo for your good attitude and work ethic! I grew up with a huge garden and don't have one now. I miss fresh tomatoes and green beans from the garden!CharityVLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184364975188612954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-8118294250333020292010-07-15T10:47:40.502-05:002010-07-15T10:47:40.502-05:00I feel your pain! My garden this year has been so ...I feel your pain! My garden this year has been so disappointing. A really really late, wet spring in Oregon meant a lot of things just never got a chance to grow. Slugs ate almost all my green beans. My spinach didn't do anything at all. My tomatoes have some mysterious leaf-curl problem (although they're still growing. Cross your fingers). And I think my potatoes have blight. Zucchini, I'm putting all my faith in you! If I can't even grow zucchini, I'm doomed.Jen Rousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15318797787773072481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-16600583329100024782010-07-15T10:30:11.490-05:002010-07-15T10:30:11.490-05:00My grandma swore that leaving the hair from your b...My grandma swore that leaving the hair from your brush around the garden would keep deer away. I don't know.<br />I am a forgetful gardener. To live here, you must be strong. But we keep trying. Maybe I'll be better next year too.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15039712389445193435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-31766801065894060592010-07-15T08:38:20.073-05:002010-07-15T08:38:20.073-05:00If I posted a picture of our garden ... I swear yo...If I posted a picture of our garden ... I swear you would feel so much better.<br /><br />anD we have racoons so I feel your pain.michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02711137394143200105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-25138037570661273832010-07-15T08:00:33.912-05:002010-07-15T08:00:33.912-05:00I think you've got the right attitude... but m...I think you've got the right attitude... but my oh my how frustrating! I remember a few years of my mother doing the same thing (she always had a little garden) but every now and then it just wouldn't happen. <br />And then the next year it was always more fruitful than imagined :)Corinne Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604810312185816792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-68544557573617753202010-07-15T07:27:30.777-05:002010-07-15T07:27:30.777-05:00Oh man! But hey, maybe you could take advantage of...Oh man! But hey, maybe you could take advantage of all your space and plant something for the fall, like pumpkins?That Married Couplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07363886412589745900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356238098880523445.post-47559352938326269032010-07-15T06:31:20.253-05:002010-07-15T06:31:20.253-05:00My husband and I considered our first garden this ...My husband and I considered our first garden this summer, early in spring. We thought it would be a great lesson for our oldest, and something we could all together. We looked at the obvious area in our yard to put it and discussed all the work it would take to get it ready. We walked away and said maybe next year. All this to say, you should be PROUD that you tried at all. Well done, I'm amazed by people like you who give it a go despite everything else there is to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com