critter outwitter

bower · July 1, 2016

I'm pretty stoked to show off the lettuce growing in my garden, in spite of the arch enemies that I thought, I will never get a scrap of anything fit to eat from growing a vegetable outdoors in this place.

Thanks BTW to Nicky and friends in the swap for these beautiful lettuce varieties: Merveille des quatre saisons, New York iceberg, Cold Hardy with the freckles, and the Italian parsely too! Delicious, and besides Mr. Bunny, not even the slugs managed to get into my containers!

Labradors2 · July 1, 2016

Very cool!!!!

Linda

Isabelle · July 1, 2016

Wow, your lettuce looks excellent!

bower · July 1, 2016

The lettuce is delicious, chemical free, and perfect in every way without any fuss about pests other than planting it in a container.

The added bonus is that, being planted low in the container, they are sheltered from our brutal winds and from heat (not that we often have it, but yes, we had some!) so the quality is lovely moist and crisp instead of dessicated.

Who knew it could be this easy?

Worth1 · July 1, 2016

My lettuce burned up months ago.
No more spring lettuce only fall and winter,

Worth

bower · July 1, 2016

Worth, your seasons are the opposite of ours.

I haven't had a ripe tomato yet!

But in a better year, they'd be starting this week.

Cole_Robbie · July 2, 2016

nice-looking lettuce

My Foot Smells · July 2, 2016

Lettuce Rejoice!!

brownrexx · July 2, 2016

Beautiful lettuce but I am afraid that plastic tubs would concentrate the heat too much in my locale.

I surround half of my garden with wire fencing and I grow my "rabbit attractive" crops like lettuce in there.

Lots of bunnies here.

**carolyn137** · July 2, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by bower

I'm pretty stoked to show off the lettuce growing in my garden, in spite of the arch enemies that I thought, I will never get a scrap of anything fit to eat from growing a vegetable outdoors in this place.

Thanks BTW to Nicky and friends in the swap for these beautiful lettuce varieties: Merveille des quatre saisons, New York iceberg, Cold Hardy with the freckles, and the Italian parsely too! Delicious, and besides Mr. Bunny, not even the slugs managed to get into my containers!

Iceberg lettuce I know well,but what is New York Iceberg, and are you saying cold hardy with freckles ,since I've not heard of the lettuce variety just called Cold Hardy. Didn't Google to check,so probably just my problem.

History of Iceberg,nee Crisphead lettuce

http://kitchenproject.com/history/Sa...urgLettuce.htm

Carolyn

bower · July 2, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Iceberg lettuce I know well,but what is New York Iceberg, and are you saying cold hardy with freckles ,since I've not heard of the lettuce variety just called Cold Hardy. Didn't Google to check,so probably just my problem.

History of Iceberg,nee Crisphead lettuce

http://kitchenproject.com/history/Sa...urgLettuce.htm

Carolyn

Hi Carolyn!

I couldn't find anything on Google for "Cold Hardy" lettuce variety either, which is how it came to me. It turned out to be quite a lovely lettuce with a few reddish freckles on green leaves. Maybe it's an anonymous lettuce that is "cold hardy".

Checked my seed packages and yes, the other one is labeled "New York Iceberg".

There's a reference to it here, but no details about the variety.
https://myfolia.com/plants/6-lettuce...w-york-iceberg

oakley · July 8, 2016

Nice looking salad and bunny protected. I have a good row cover for Newfoundland and have had good luck over the years but not that nice!
In NY my traps are not working but the pups are doing a good job....

bower · July 8, 2016

That's a gorgeous dog.

Back in the day I had a large garden area fenced with chicken wire and went to a lot of trouble to try and keep the bunnies out... failed.

Even with a dog, they managed to get in and have their way, and I was in a war with them for a few years before I gave it up.
Now I find it much more effective to let them come and go in the garden (mostly perennials) and fence small areas to keep them out of my few vegetables. Row cover works amazingly well for bunnies, squirrels and even moose. It's great at the farm, but my place is so woodsy, and so many permanent beds, rocks etc that the slug and carpenter population is daunting. The carpenters collect under row cover here really fast!

And mow down little seedlings like nothing else. They love squash too.

The bunnies have snipped a few garlic and green onions but for the most part they aren't interested in the alliums, which is great.

I wouldn't tempt them with lettuce....
BTW you're not missing much of a summer here.
Frost warning last night and again tonight too. Temperatures half of normal. Hard times for tomatoes.

LMinAL · July 8, 2016

Oh, a Weimie! So beautiful. We just had to put ours down due to cancer. I miss him so. They are special dogs. He was never much help in the garden though - did more foraging than any critter!

Worth1 · July 8, 2016

We had one his name was Rubin.
He woud catch a chicken and bury it.
He only did it about two or three times a year and we had tons of chickens.
The people we bought the farm from left him there because that was his home with the horse and cows.
Worth

July 1, 2016	#2
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,898	Very cool!!!! Linda

July 1, 2016	#3
Isabelle Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Kansas Posts: 57	Wow, your lettuce looks excellent!

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bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	The lettuce is delicious, chemical free, and perfect in every way without any fuss about pests other than planting it in a container. The added bonus is that, being planted low in the container, they are sheltered from our brutal winds and from heat (not that we often have it, but yes, we had some!) so the quality is lovely moist and crisp instead of dessicated. Who knew it could be this easy?

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	My lettuce burned up months ago. No more spring lettuce only fall and winter, Worth

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Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	nice-looking lettuce

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My Foot Smells Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas Posts: 1,239	Lettuce Rejoice!!

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brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	Beautiful lettuce but I am afraid that plastic tubs would concentrate the heat too much in my locale. I surround half of my garden with wire fencing and I grow my "rabbit attractive" crops like lettuce in there. Lots of bunnies here.

July 8, 2016	#13
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	That's a gorgeous dog. Back in the day I had a large garden area fenced with chicken wire and went to a lot of trouble to try and keep the bunnies out... failed. Even with a dog, they managed to get in and have their way, and I was in a war with them for a few years before I gave it up. Now I find it much more effective to let them come and go in the garden (mostly perennials) and fence small areas to keep them out of my few vegetables. Row cover works amazingly well for bunnies, squirrels and even moose. It's great at the farm, but my place is so woodsy, and so many permanent beds, rocks etc that the slug and carpenter population is daunting. The carpenters collect under row cover here really fast! And mow down little seedlings like nothing else. They love squash too. The bunnies have snipped a few garlic and green onions but for the most part they aren't interested in the alliums, which is great. I wouldn't tempt them with lettuce.... BTW you're not missing much of a summer here. Frost warning last night and again tonight too. Temperatures half of normal. Hard times for tomatoes.

July 8, 2016	#14
LMinAL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Alabama Posts: 46	Oh, a Weimie! So beautiful. We just had to put ours down due to cancer. I miss him so. They are special dogs. He was never much help in the garden though - did more foraging than any critter!