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Leena Gardens: Garden Rape–what is it, how to avoid it

Leena Gardens: Garden Rape what is it, how to avoid it

On the left, my budding basil plants, healthy and happy. On the right, what happens after a fat-ass animal rapes my basil crop--pure destruction.

Dear Mr. Skunk/Squirrel/Rabbit/Possum/Really Flexible Deer that could jump a 7 foot fence,

Thanks for raping my budding basil plant–the first plants I ever grew from seed since 4th grade science class. Thanks for waiting until my basil just big enough, just hearty enough for me to gaze at it longingly, thinking of future caprese salads and pestos, practicing patience so I could make it sure it got as large as possible and then–boom. Your fat ass took it all. Awesome. Thanks for that.

No really, I get it. I really do. You have a hard life being a wild animal. You get to be naked all the time in public and NOT get arrested, you can use the bathroom pretty much anywhere you like, and all of your food you have to kill or steal from someone else. You must be exhausted.

More letter and photos on how to save your plants from animal rape after the jump.

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August 2nd, 2010
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Leena Gardens: Moving a garden/Creating a raised bed garden

Leena Gardens: Moving a garden/Creating a raised bed garden

My strawberry plants. I grew these.

Hello! So since my last gardening post, many a things have happened. First off, I have moved to another apartment, which means I had to transfer my already planted garden from my landlord’s garden. In the midst of apartment hunting and moving, I ignored my precious container gardens, so I knew I wanted to replant those as well,. Thankfully, the new place has a private yard that gets some sun (not a ton, but 3-4 hours a day), so all I had to do was

1. Convince the husband to build a raised bed garden (I figured beer would help)

2. Figure out how to dig/make a raised bed garden, as well as how to transplant my tomato and strawberry plants (I figured I need to contact all my farming-obsessed friends in the Midwest, namely, Farmer Danielle).

Wanna see how I built my raised bed garden? A little elbow grease and whole lot of animal poo after the jump. Get excited.

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June 28th, 2010
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