tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post4259437620207329142..comments2024-02-19T10:47:29.706-05:00Comments on Eight Gate Farm - New Hampshire: Harvest Monday - 24 July 2017Eight Gate Farm NHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15877942009419912353noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-8269271286389603392017-07-30T17:40:51.620-04:002017-07-30T17:40:51.620-04:00Oh, voles! I lost about 1/3 of my crop a few years...Oh, voles! I lost about 1/3 of my crop a few years back but now I don't plant in that area - and mostly plant in containers with only a few in the ground. What a shame. But a wonderful variety otherwise, nice to see your first zuke!Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354350096358468967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-78598388747191347212017-07-27T00:25:12.191-04:002017-07-27T00:25:12.191-04:00So fun to see all that you are harvesting! An amaz...So fun to see all that you are harvesting! An amazing haul for New Hampshire and that short season. I have never heard of Katterman garlic before. I need to look it up as it looks like a great variety. So sorry about the potatoes. I hate voles. In bad years they eat my dahlia tubers!Lexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11067337116117320740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-2540413485873181102017-07-24T16:50:45.955-04:002017-07-24T16:50:45.955-04:00Spring and summer, minus tomatoes! We're still...Spring and summer, minus tomatoes! We're still waiting for those. The Katterman had large cloves for planting--input = output I guess.Eight Gate Farm NHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877942009419912353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-4293639893145755392017-07-24T16:14:55.318-04:002017-07-24T16:14:55.318-04:00It looks like spring and summer all together with ...It looks like spring and summer all together with your harvests! And that Katterman garlic is huge. Too bad about the voles - they are such sneaky underground thieves! They get my sweet potatoes here.Dave @ HappyAcreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441364543023807886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-72647719855576416672017-07-24T16:00:07.531-04:002017-07-24T16:00:07.531-04:00Thanks, Mary. Voles, followed by chipmunks, are ou...Thanks, Mary. Voles, followed by chipmunks, are our greatest garden pest.Eight Gate Farm NHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877942009419912353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-20120783345934632852017-07-24T15:59:19.941-04:002017-07-24T15:59:19.941-04:00I'll trade you an adorable hedgehog for one of...I'll trade you an adorable hedgehog for one of our big, ugly groundhogs (woodchucks).Eight Gate Farm NHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877942009419912353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-77493484059544186512017-07-24T15:58:17.469-04:002017-07-24T15:58:17.469-04:00Yes, I'm thinking I'll plant potatoes next...Yes, I'm thinking I'll plant potatoes next year in one of our steel stock tank planters. I'd like to see a vole tunnel into one of those!Eight Gate Farm NHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877942009419912353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-86395053642168220532017-07-24T15:02:45.253-04:002017-07-24T15:02:45.253-04:00what a nice looking and varied assortment! I don&#...what a nice looking and varied assortment! I don't have voles (at least I don't think we do) but I have had trouble with very other kind of rodent you can name, from mice to squirrels. I feel you pain.Mary Hysonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761108134258243637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-35387793416230562702017-07-24T11:40:42.910-04:002017-07-24T11:40:42.910-04:00 I can confirm that birds like jostaberries I wro... I can confirm that birds like jostaberries I wrote a blog post recently describing how we found out that hedgehogs like them too.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313396449380749054.post-84937611792678801942017-07-24T10:39:07.775-04:002017-07-24T10:39:07.775-04:00Nice harvests. I gave up on in-ground potatoes be...Nice harvests. I gave up on in-ground potatoes because of vole damage. gardenvariety-hoosierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823437033502199023noreply@blogger.com