Honestly, I'm not sure if it was the groundhog (or groundhogs) or a chipmunk. But something got in my garden soon after I transplanted many of my seedlings in and mowed them down!
BEFORE
I would water them twice a day and they'd grow back and just when they were going again, mowed down again. Finally, this worked to keep whatever critter was doing it out even though I didn't even enclose them completely.
I used this mesh hoop and bed curtain. It used to go over Rylie's crib. Yes, I keep meaning to buy some mesh and do it right but it worked and I haven't had time yet. You can lose a lot of time in Joann Fabrics!
NEXT year I will do what I used to do and forgot. Plant garlic around all the beds along the edges. Turns out it repels these rodents. But last year when I planted didn't even have two of the beds yet and just planted in one area. This year we really enjoyed the scapes! If you plant hardneck garlic it grows these scapes you need to cut off and can eat. I made a pesto one night and a soup another night and both Rylie and Pat loved it. I enjoyed the tasted but the soup sure was fibrous! Food processor perhaps instead of stick blender next time.
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