Posts tagged ‘animals’

May 2, 2010

Marigolds

I heard Marigolds can repel animals from your garden.

When the warm weather started a few weeks ago, I noticed all my flowers & plants sprouted.  I was so excited, because I have spent four years “establishing” my garden.  It is only a small garden, but it is mine……or actually the mortgage companies, but that is a whole other subject.

With help from my family and dear hubby, I have planted bulbs, perennials and all sorts of goodies.Last year was nice but this spring I knew the garden would be even better.

You can imagine my dismay, no anger, when I noticed all the tops of my hostas have been chewed off and the sedums have been demolished.  Last year when this happened I was pregnant.  So as would expect I was very emotional and was more concerned if the perpetrator had a family and babies near by.  This year I am much less would you say…sympathtetic.

You know how many hot, sweaty  & dirty days I spent in that garden?  Many.  Many, many, many, many, days.  To think that a little furry rodent of some sort ate my hard work.  I pondered buying poison, but I have two small children and that is never a good combination to have in your home.  I thought about getting a b.b. gun, but that would be mean, since I do in fact love animals.

I didn’t do either.  I simply planted marigolds.  Some one told me they keep animals away. So I will see how this summer goes for my garden.  In the end, everyone has to eat.

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