[Dailydrool] Tomato Battles

[Esther Strom]

Waldo used to eat my tomatoes, too (the ones that the squirrels didn't
get.) A friend of mine who's an avid gardener gave me a trick that's worked
for me ever since. Mix some liquid soap (like dish soap) with hot sauce in
a  spray bottle and fill it the rest of the way with water. Spray your
veggies with this on a regular basis as they're growing. It keeps the
animals away. Just remember to rinse them well before you eat them!

Your mileage may vary, of course, depending on how determined your hounds
are.

-Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB

On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Kate Lawson <clawson at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

>
> Lucy eats my tomatoes when they are green. She loves them ripe also but
> knows that if she waits too long I may get them. She takes no chances. The
> last 2 years I have managed to get none. Each year I try again with a
> different protection scheme. This year will be worse because Lucy will
> teach the puppy, Daisy, to eat them. I have two large containers with bird
> netting around each of the tomato frames and then an exercise pen around
> the two containers. So far it is keeping them from eating the (fertilized)
> dirt, yumm, but I won't bet on the fruits when they get bigger.
> I learned last year that snakes will get tangled in the bird netting and
> become a howling good time for the hounds. The pack ruckus is so bad that I
> actually feel sorry for the snake. It has already happened once this
> season. However, I must have my tomatoes.
>
> Kate, Hamlet, Lucy, Daisy
>
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