One of the reasons I have not been blogging lately is that it’s so darn hot outside and gardening is a bit on the miserable side. Also, anything I do spend time sweating over, the deer eat. They’ve become so desperate that they knock down my fencing.
Yesterday, my brain, overloaded by cherry panna cotta, made a startling discovery: The deer are NOT EATING my HERBS! DUH!!
I woke up early this morning to find a cool breeze and a temperature in the mid 70s. Perfect for pulling out munched down squash and cantaloupe vines. I started “weeding”, slowly working my way from the left side of my garden to the right. All was well until I nearly stepped on one of the culprits of my garden’s demise. Right under my nose was Bambi’s stunt double. A tiny deer was napping between the house foundation and the plumbago.
At first I thought it was dead.
Then I noticed it was faking dead. So I walked off hoping it would run away. I returned a few moments later to find the little bugger in a new position, but same spot. So I kept working, it breathed heavily as I puttered a safe distance around it. I’m sure it’s mom had said not to move and if you see Kate she’ll want to kill you for having eaten her tomatoes. But my cold, gardener’s heart melted as I imagined what terror this poor kid felt and so after I cleaned up I willingly exposed on of my carefully protected cherry tomatoes.
I went to dress for church.
I returned to find it sill in place, napping and breathing normally. PHOTO OP!
Bambi hiding between the foundation, septic control thingy, and my plumbago.
I was so worried this precious but destructive animal was hiding in my garden to die (drought is so bad this year…I wonder how any of these animals survive – oh wait, they’ve had more tomato sauce this year than I had the whole semester I studied in Italy). I feared I would return from church to find dead Bambi. Luckily, when I got home, she/he was gone and all was well.
And so I easily continued forth with my herb garden bonanza. Already in my garden I had 11 varieties of herbs. I planted 21 more varieties (but 31 4″ pots total).
Left side of raised garden - pre planting
Left Side planted
Right side planted
While planting I almost hit a bunny with my hori hori knife as it came sprinting out of the oregano. GOOD GRIEF!! I looked around to find bees buzzing near me, a humming bird, some sort of sparrow like bird, and a huge dragonfly. I’m becoming a Disney princess! Can I use these animals for good, to clean and weed, like Cinderella did?
Yard to Table 