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Double Bass Bassists' gardens

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It’s a small urban Eden.
 
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unbrokenchain said:
@walking Bass what are the orange flowers, California poppies? And love that lemon tree, man you'd better pick those things soon :)
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Poppies indeed, then came the nasturtium and now I'm waiting on dahlias. I love that lemon tree(s) - years ago a sever frost killed off my lemon tree. I cut it down to ground level and out of the rootstock came two different lemons trees, both of which are heirlooms (or say odd varieties) and are delicious. I routinely supply my zesty friends for their martini needs.
 
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james condino said:
Among other things, Asheville has something in the neighborhood of 250+ black bears that live in the city- yes 250!!!! It is well documented and researched, they are collared and you can track their patterns and behaviors. You see them all over the place. Unfortunately, many are morbidly obese, junk food fed, lazy, disruptive city bears, that only show up on garbage days at my place......

When I first bought my place, we had fruit trees galore thx to the previous owner. I kept a small compost pile in the back of the lot next to the giant forest adjoining our property. Then a big developer cut down the entire forest and put up 8 houses per acres. The local squirrels that survived turned ravenous and ate up all the fruit trees so much that they all died- the fig trees were so tastey that they ate the entire tree down to about a foot into the ground.

Next we got some chickens. Personally, I much prefer getting fresh eggs from the beautiful women at the local farmers market...The squirrels left the chickens alone, but the bears loved the chickens. You learn a lot about the local animal population as a chicken owner. The owls sort of fillet the whole chicken- leave the feathers and skin but eat everything inside. Possums are vampires- they eat the head off and then suck all the blood out of the body and leave it whole. Coyotes leave a trail of feathers everywhere, but not much else. Old dog sort of gummed to death a chicken or two, but not much else. The bears ate about 15 chickens. They will also eat the eggs if they are outside of the chicken, but when they kill a chicken, if the eggs are inside it still, the bears will not touch it.

Mrs. C had enough of the bears, so she searched high and low and brought home a fancy well bread bear killer dog. I was amazed the first day that the 25 lb puppy chased away two very large bears from chicken dinner. New puppy also does not like vegetables, so garden is doing fine...BUT...nowhere in the conversation did puppy seller mention that dog#2 likes chicken as much as I do. Now chicken losses are around 30 for new dog and old bears...but none for bears in 18 months. Old dog died, so along comes another expensive exotic puppy....who likes chicken more than other dogs and bears combined, doesn't give a s#!t about anything other than itself...and also likes to jump the garden fence and eat fresh cucumbers off the vine...

The garden ALCOA scarecrow photos that I have seen are from an old professor at Interlochen.

I'm also guilty of basses in the garden:

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Ever thought about emus instead of chickens?
 
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O.K. I’m getting a little creeped out here. I inadvertently planted beans that are climbers. No big, I’ll just put in some stakes.
So I’m doing just that and five minutes later there’s a tendril wrapped around the stake. Am I.......am I going to be turned into a pod person?
 
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