We started out planting 4 pots of flowers to set on the top of the retaining wall. But the coons got in them almost every night and dug them out. I would have to replant them every morning. So here is our solution to the problem. That is what's left of 4 large pots of flowers. But the coons can't get at them. Here is a pic of my Big Boy mater. It's right at 5 ft tall. We have already eaten 5 maters off of it. There are another 35 maters of various sizes and over 50 bloom. And that is one plant!
Sorry you had such a time with the coons and I hope they are in a safe place now. But don't coons climb??
Your tomatoes look lovely! They are certainly going to provide you with lots of produce this summer. Hope you have solved your flower pot problem. Critters do keep life interesting. I am having squirrel problems. They have dug up and eaten my corn twice, and keep digging in some planters. I am hope the raccoons have found friendlier places (the electric fence seems to have worried them off...temporarily). I was reading a blog on city gardening in Seattle where the rats (squirrels with different tails) were a nuisance in some community gardens. I guess everyone likes green spaces including our furry neighbors.
I'm keeping a note of the type of tomato plant you have there CK as I'd like to try growing some for myself next year. It certainly looks as though it's a variety that is a heavy cropper.
The braces for the roof are connected into the basement concrete wall. Where they meet is too high for the coons to get a foothold to climb up!
Great idea for the flower pots. Your back stoop looks so inviting. There is a groundhog at the edge of my driveway right now . . . do they eat veggies? =( Man that is some tomato plant. Mine are tall, but for some reason the leaves at the bottom are dried up. What does that mean? They are still producing and look healthy otherwise. I have had a tomato sandwich and stove top stuffing every night this week. Yum!
That is the entry way into the basement. I was standing on the hill by the back porch when I took that pic. Ground hogs will eat veggies, they just love soybeans. We have gone through 2 lbs of bacon with BLT sandwiches. I hope the tomatoes and lettuce offsets the bacon!
I see you out smarted those Coons again Capt! Those guys get into everything, don't they? Great looking tomato plant Capt
