Stoney's Luv Shack

[Stoneyluv]

And you blamed that poor bunny rabbit !!!

i thought the same thing... poor bunnies, i was gonna public apologize but they wouldn't hear me.. instead i'll let them live under my sheds with safety!!!! i'm kinda glad i saw it for myself.. for years we had no rabbits and then a few years ago i saw a couple and made them comfortable, now we have a bunch and they never caused a problem. i'm glad it wasn't them... the deer now.. well fuck what do i do?? i'll never find that same fucker.. oh well they won!

i give the deer props though.. i literally watched her sneak though all my fishing lines like she was mission impossible through laser beams!!!! i was like you sneaky little bastard!! haha

 

[Stoneyluv]

can't remember ever starting one seed before..

 

[Zen_seeker]

Y'all getting hit with that wildfire smoke the way we do Saharan dust and Mexican crop fires. Sucks man. Rain helps some but damn.

15X Bonus on truck point this week!

I went thru something similar with the freebies getting some I wanted in a cart then next time they were different after I had changed the cart.
Then I kept the cart the same but kept hitting refresh and seeing the freebies change with each refresh. When it finally rolled back to a pair I wanted then I checked out.

Chocolope has been in my cart a few times too. I'll grab it before November
I'm gonna place an order thru a new bank/breeder and try to get some freaks. If one pack comes thru then I'll follow up with another order for 2-3 more packs of freaks

CRC Seeds

the best time to sprout a seed was 20 years ago second best time is now with cannabis research seed bank

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Y'all consider bucket traps? Highly effective especially if you use something large like a barrel but you do catch a bunch at one time and have to figure out how to kill them. Most people drown or release somewhere else.
I've come close to that a few times but luckily a different snap trap finally worked. Old rats are trap savvy bastards that will have me wanting to burn down my shed to kill them.
Once got lucky and saw an owl snatch one off my shed so that's why I can't use poisons

As a kid it was my job to check and clear traps at the cottage and boat house. I could barely set the large traps.

These days I use cage, mostly because of pets. But then either have to relocate or exterminate. Not sure I have one rat size.

So far it hasn’t come back and I have Willow walk the garden and bushes each night before bed. Hoping to scare anything there and leave her sent if they return.

I do have mouse traps but if the catch a rat they just walk off with it. Lol

A bucket trap variation I haven’t used since I was a kid. Jay in the boathouse. Never tried one outside. At least I wouldn’t have to worry about catching rabbits.

 

[Zen_seeker]

i thought the same thing... poor bunnies, i was gonna public apologize but they wouldn't hear me.. instead i'll let them live under my sheds with safety!!!! i'm kinda glad i saw it for myself.. for years we had no rabbits and then a few years ago i saw a couple and made them comfortable, now we have a bunch and they never caused a problem. i'm glad it wasn't them... the deer now.. well fuck what do i do?? i'll never find that same fucker.. oh well they won!

i give the deer props though.. i literally watched her sneak though all my fishing lines like she was mission impossible through laser beams!!!! i was like you sneaky little bastard!! haha

I was blaming the rabbits as well. Thought they broke the treaty. (Well one I’m sure did by eating a few leaves here/there but we won’t bring that up)

I was glad it was a rat but now I have to deal with it in a way that doesn’t catch the rabbits. Thinking cage trap with sunflower seeds.

 

[Zen_seeker]

They got all four cherry tomato plants.

Must have been yesterday as it was raining all day with thunderstorms and I stayed in.

I’m making protective domes to put around the base and fill with damp soil and some Stem-1 rooting compound.

Really pissed about this. Means they have a hole hidden somewhere I need to find and fill with water before filling in.

 

[Stoneyluv]

I was blaming the rabbits as well. Thought they broke the treaty. (Well one I’m sure did by eating a few leaves here/there but we won’t bring that up)

I was glad it was a rat but now I have to deal with it in a way that doesn’t catch the rabbits. Thinking cage trap with sunflower seeds.

They got all four cherry tomato plants.

Must have been yesterday as it was raining all day with thunderstorms and I stayed in.

I’m making protective domes to put around the base and fill with damp soil and some Stem-1 rooting compound.

Really pissed about this. Means they have a hole hidden somewhere I need to find and fill with water before filling in.

i feel you man!!! i know what its like. my polytunnel is the only thing that keeps them out. i've now focused all my gardening energy back into that.. all the veggies and flowers outside are now completely gone. i have a six year old rose bush that never makes it past two foot. all the flowers out front are completely mowed down. it's why i will only buy perennials.

it's like we gotta get lucky every single day and they only get lucky once!!

i'm gonna pull up all that weed block i put down and reclaim my grass. it was all just a big waste of time, money, and effort.

 

[Stoneyluv]

sorry to brag guys but this is pretty sweet forecast for the middle of summer!!!!



some damn good sleeping temps!!!!!!!!!! i'm going to be drawing that cool air through the basement all night too!!!!

 

[Zen_seeker]

i feel you man!!! i know what its like. my polytunnel is the only thing that keeps them out. i've now focused all my gardening energy back into that.. all the veggies and flowers outside are now completely gone. i have a six year old rose bush that never makes it past two foot. all the flowers out front are completely mowed down. it's why i will only buy perennials.

it's like we gotta get lucky every single day and they only get lucky once!!

i'm gonna pull up all that weed block i put down and reclaim my grass. it was all just a big waste of time, money, and effort.

I feel the same way but still have hope. Deer haven’t been around since Covid. But these little asshats come and go in waves. I wasn’t expecting them back so soon.

I feel bad for you. Like I set you up by sending seeds. I really wanted you to try the sugar baby watermelon.

We’ve been enjoying the cucumber weekly now. They are getting larger faster this last week.

 

[Zen_seeker]

sorry to brag guys but this is pretty sweet forecast for the middle of summer!!!!

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some damn good sleeping temps!!!!!!!!!! i'm going to be drawing that cool air through the basement all night too!!!!

We’ve had two or three good days/nights in a row. Windows open, nice breeze, lower humidity, good sleeping weather.

 

[Stoneyluv]

I feel the same way but still have hope. Deer haven’t been around since Covid. But these little asshats come and go in waves. I wasn’t expecting them back so soon.

I feel bad for you. Like I set you up by sending seeds. I really wanted you to try the sugar baby watermelon.

We’ve been enjoying the cucumber weekly now. They are getting larger faster this last week.

i'll try again next year and grow a few inside the greenhouse. at least the tomato plants and cucumbers are safe. i have a few cukes just about ready to pick!! can't wait! got some greenies on the tomatoes.. a few of the grape tomatoes are starting to turn red.. won't be long now.

as much as it is frustrating having the deer eat my garden i also kinda get over it really quick. i love the deer, i love having them in my yard every single day. we enjoy watching them out the window every night when we eat dinner and having them around. it's impossible for me to stay mad at them.

it's prolly my fault anyway for feeding them now and then.

We’ve had two or three good days/nights in a row. Windows open, nice breeze, lower humidity, good sleeping weather.

i was really hoping since we had such a cold winter we would get a break for the summer and be a little cooler.. this is fantastic weather right now!!! so nice not hearing an AC running in the background!!

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i gotta check out that seed i popped.. no real solid plan yet.. for now i'm going to just put the seedling in a dwc single bucket and grow it out enough to get clones for the scrog. after that i have no plans, hopefully by time the plant is ready for cuttings once the weather cools off and i can share some clones!!!!! I had a couple hair brained ideas flash through but nothing that makes me go "yeah thats it!!" just yet. but the best part was that pack of seeds had a bonus seed in it so this is no harm no foul kinda start.

not really sure where this will take me or what will become of it.. just wanna try is all.

i keep imagining my turntable lazy susan back in place and a five plant site rdwc in place on it and slimmed down version of my perpetual. i'm not glued to the concept of SCROG'n two clones always, i'll gladly try two strains down the road. just keeping it easy to learn right now but i can see me having two completely different plants and making it work.

it would take a little practice with timing but i think i could make it work. have 1-5 plants in veg always and 2-3 in flower always. two in the scrog and when they start getting too big to keep vegging i'll maybe flower it out in a tent and single bucket or something. i don't know.. i'm gonna think on it some more.. it just makes my imagination go nuts when i have an empty grow cabinet sitting here with nothing in it!! haha

i don't own enough soil to make another run. not sure yet i want to buy more. i know for right now this moment it;s on hold.. i love soil and always will, but as i get older it gets harder to lift the soil six times or more throughout the grow. and i feel the quality of soil has gone down over the past few years and the price has gone up and now when i buy soil i also need to buy nutes to fortify it. also thinking of using soil just for the moms and going that route.

i'm a Libra... we weigh everything!! if i did a pro and con on soil and hydro right now it would be pretty much one sided.. tough for a Libra to ignore!!!!!!!

 

[Bandit420]

Sorry they ate those plants so vicious like man. Damn!
You nailed it on the wildlife and how they just need one lucky day meanwhile we have to stand guard 24/7.
I still feel the gut punch from raccoons and my aquaponics and it's almost been 10 years.

Have you looked into a psychological deer fence?
Saw that done on a homesteading show series I watch and it worked for them.
It would have a 2'-3' chicken wire wall at the base for small critters then up top there's two lines set at different heights and depth. The top line has flags on filament set at 8' and the lower line is just clothesline but at around 3-4' high and 3' inside the upper line.
Together, they fuck with the deer poor depth perception and they don't think they can make the jump.
Other than an 8' wire fence, just seems like they're gonna get to it.

Well it's no secret I dropped soil like a girlfriend that cheated on me so I understand it.
I have a lot of supplies left I need to use but yeah no new bags of soil here either. Plenty of used stuff to play here.
These are also the experiences that keep me out of the hydro vs soil debate. Which is better? Fuck if I know. The one I'm good at and can afford right now.
Or maybe, learn both and kick ass at both then it don't matter!

 

[Zen_seeker]

i'll try again next year and grow a few inside the greenhouse. at least the tomato plants and cucumbers are safe. i have a few cukes just about ready to pick!! can't wait! got some greenies on the tomatoes.. a few of the grape tomatoes are starting to turn red.. won't be long now.

as much as it is frustrating having the deer eat my garden i also kinda get over it really quick. i love the deer, i love having them in my yard every single day. we enjoy watching them out the window every night when we eat dinner and having them around. it's impossible for me to stay mad at them.

it's prolly my fault anyway for feeding them now and then.



i was really hoping since we had such a cold winter we would get a break for the summer and be a little cooler.. this is fantastic weather right now!!! so nice not hearing an AC running in the background!!

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i gotta check out that seed i popped.. no real solid plan yet.. for now i'm going to just put the seedling in a dwc single bucket and grow it out enough to get clones for the scrog. after that i have no plans, hopefully by time the plant is ready for cuttings once the weather cools off and i can share some clones!!!!! I had a couple hair brained ideas flash through but nothing that makes me go "yeah thats it!!" just yet. but the best part was that pack of seeds had a bonus seed in it so this is no harm no foul kinda start.

not really sure where this will take me or what will become of it.. just wanna try is all.

i keep imagining my turntable lazy susan back in place and a five plant site rdwc in place on it and slimmed down version of my perpetual. i'm not glued to the concept of SCROG'n two clones always, i'll gladly try two strains down the road. just keeping it easy to learn right now but i can see me having two completely different plants and making it work.

it would take a little practice with timing but i think i could make it work. have 1-5 plants in veg always and 2-3 in flower always. two in the scrog and when they start getting too big to keep vegging i'll maybe flower it out in a tent and single bucket or something. i don't know.. i'm gonna think on it some more.. it just makes my imagination go nuts when i have an empty grow cabinet sitting here with nothing in it!! haha

i don't own enough soil to make another run. not sure yet i want to buy more. i know for right now this moment it;s on hold.. i love soil and always will, but as i get older it gets harder to lift the soil six times or more throughout the grow. and i feel the quality of soil has gone down over the past few years and the price has gone up and now when i buy soil i also need to buy nutes to fortify it. also thinking of using soil just for the moms and going that route.

i'm a Libra... we weigh everything!! if i did a pro and con on soil and hydro right now it would be pretty much one sided.. tough for a Libra to ignore!!!!!!!

A black squirrel stole the two biggest tomatoes last night or this morning. (Could have been the rat but I saw the squirrel climbing our pine tree beside the garden when I came downstairs.)

So now I’m getting the live cage setup.

 

[Stoneyluv]

Sorry they ate those plants so vicious like man. Damn!
You nailed it on the wildlife and how they just need one lucky day meanwhile we have to stand guard 24/7.
I still feel the gut punch from raccoons and my aquaponics and it's almost been 10 years.

Have you looked into a psychological deer fence?
Saw that done on a homesteading show series I watch and it worked for them.
It would have a 2'-3' chicken wire wall at the base for small critters then up top there's two lines set at different heights and depth. The top line has flags on filament set at 8' and the lower line is just clothesline but at around 3-4' high and 3' inside the upper line.
Together, they fuck with the deer poor depth perception and they don't think they can make the jump.
Other than an 8' wire fence, just seems like they're gonna get to it.

Well it's no secret I dropped soil like a girlfriend that cheated on me so I understand it.
I have a lot of supplies left I need to use but yeah no new bags of soil here either. Plenty of used stuff to play here.
These are also the experiences that keep me out of the hydro vs soil debate. Which is better? Fuck if I know. The one I'm good at and can afford right now.
Or maybe, learn both and kick ass at both then it don't matter!

i think those type fences work best around here. also anything surrounded with flowers and other growth to make it look like a solid wall seem to do well around here. i think the real issue is keeping it small enough so they can see around it and the other side and know its not worth the trouble and just walk around it and find something else to eat.

the poly tunnel stuff is my only hope at this point. too late to start over again this year so i'll try again next year. it was always the ganja they would eat, i have three plants outside right now and they didn't touch those a all!!!!

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i still have two bags of soil left over.. either i use them here and there till they're gone or i get three more bags and make another run.. either way i'm not making my decision right now.

instead for now i'm going to take a risk and try something new... i didn't do any research or planning at all and 100% flying by the seat of my pants with this but i put the Fruity Freak sprout in a dwc bucket and see what happens. i was going to play it safe and grow it out in soil and take cuttings that way but something in my head said no try this instead.. what the fuck is wrong with me?!?! haha

A black squirrel stole the two biggest tomatoes last night or this morning. (Could have been the rat but I saw the squirrel climbing our pine tree beside the garden when I came downstairs.)

So now I’m getting the live cage setup.

thats one thing we don't have around here at all, black squirrels. we only get the grey... first time i saw a black one was in houston texas!!! hahaha no joke either.. me and a co worker that lived near me were watching them out the window and broke our black squirrel cherry right there!!! haha

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still waiting on the greenies... but we ate a couple cucumbers already!!!!!!! YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Zen_seeker]

i think those type fences work best around here. also anything surrounded with flowers and other growth to make it look like a solid wall seem to do well around here. i think the real issue is keeping it small enough so they can see around it and the other side and know its not worth the trouble and just walk around it and find something else to eat.

the poly tunnel stuff is my only hope at this point. too late to start over again this year so i'll try again next year. it was always the ganja they would eat, i have three plants outside right now and they didn't touch those a all!!!!

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i still have two bags of soil left over.. either i use them here and there till they're gone or i get three more bags and make another run.. either way i'm not making my decision right now.

instead for now i'm going to take a risk and try something new... i didn't do any research or planning at all and 100% flying by the seat of my pants with this but i put the Fruity Freak sprout in a dwc bucket and see what happens. i was going to play it safe and grow it out in soil and take cuttings that way but something in my head said no try this instead.. what the fuck is wrong with me?!?! haha


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thats one thing we don't have around here at all, black squirrels. we only get the grey... first time i saw a black one was in houston texas!!! hahaha no joke either.. me and a co worker that lived near me were watching them out the window and broke our black squirrel cherry right there!!! haha

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still waiting on the greenies... but we ate a couple cucumbers already!!!!!!! YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Something ate a lot of cucumbers two nights ago so I got motivated to deal with the little shits. I cut the last remaining large one and we enjoyed it last night. Very juicy. I need to remember to save more seeds.



Thunderstorms all night but I heard something that woke me at 3am. Funny how you can ignore some sounds but not others.

I’ll be setting up again today as I know it couldn’t have been just one critter. My wife leaves for work in the wee hours of the morning and sees rabbits on our lawn outside the fence the last two weeks. Those I’ll relocate.

 

[ninjadip]

sweet!! those can be very useful!!!!!

i bet i get a month on each side of the growing season inside there... keeps any critters out of the plants too. it came with a cover that had windows but it wore out and tore years ago. i bought greenhouse plastic and never cut windows in the side. it's been through war and back but still holds strong!!



i just hope nothing eats it all... one deer could wipe that out in a day!! i didn't post a pic because i'm still a little salty but i put my grape tomato plant out for one day trying to get more pollinators on it and some asshole stripped it clean!!!!

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prolly one of these fuckers... keep it movin!!!!!!!! teach em at a young age, get off my lawn!!!

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those sticks hanging are just bamboo stakes to hold up plants... i stash em up there so i don't keep knocking them over in the corners...

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from my own personal bamboo grove too!!!!!!!! i don't show it often but it's great to have....

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i have barrier on the side with my fruit trees and greenhouse and the backside i manage with the lawn mower. i started this with just two little stalks from a property down the road. it's one of seven indiginous to pennsylvania.

i also put down a bunch of flower seeds to try and bring in some more pollinators.. trying to keep the vultures off of the seed till it starts!!!!! hahaha

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OH and i keep forgetting to answer you on the ispire... no, i have not tried my replacement yet. i put it in the case and stashed it away for emergencies!! haha

i wore mine out over the weekend.. needs a cleaning.. i switched back to the puffco the past two days.. i really like switching back and forth between the two. it's like a mood thing!!!! the puffco has not seen squish since i got the ispire, it's so awesome having that glass bucket!!!!!

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my neighbor brought us a few pounds of fresh blueberries... i'm gonna make them some sousvide cheesecakes with them for the weekend!!!

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until then we're making frozen fruit smoothies to beat this heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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almost as good as ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks good!!


No greens?? I love a good fruit smoothie, pineapple, banana, strawberry, baby spinach, and a splash of OJ was my go to, until i got into coffee lol