Nibbled Again
Curses! I’m all for sharing but when whole rows get nibbled on…it happened again last night despite our vermin proof netting. Some unidentified animal chewed through the netting and had a nice first course of a whole row of lettuce followed by some kale. Argh!
That’s it! The salad tongs have been thrown down onto the wood chips. If I want my share of salad and kale I need to be as crafty as these elusive vermin. Hmmm, I’m feeling a bit like Bill Murray.
So, I read in one of my garden books that some animals don’t like certain flavors and aromas. So I decided to pre-dress the greens with my own special vinaigrette.
I decided on garlic, spicy hot thai chile pepper, mint and rosemary.
I took half a head of garlic, 1 thai chile, 8 sprigs each of mint and rosemary and blended on high speed with 4 cups of water. Then I strained it through a fine mesh strainer and put into a spray bottle. I thought better of using the full strength so ended up diluting the mix by half.
All the greens in the garden got a nice little spritz of this concoction.
But wait, I thought…For good measure I dug out the bag of extra HOT ground chili powder I got from the Indian grocer and sprinkled it everywhere. Patti got a good chuckle from our very red garden.
Either I made everything nasty tasting for the mystery vermin or they are going to break out the good china for tonight’s dinner. Remy is that you?
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