Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Hi Jeff - I'll check out the masonry places. We have quite a few around here. I did as you suggested some time back and got snake poop. It worked for a while but then groundhogs and black snakes began to show up. I just came in from a long day of battling with the groundhogs (they are so cute) that decimated my greens! If it is not one monster, it is another. Thanks for the advice on the vinegar.
Cynthia Ybanez
Architectural Redesigns LLC
www.a-redesigns.com

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From: Jeff Strong <jeff_faithwalker@yahoo.com>
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Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 06:08:07
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Subject: Re: [Organic_Gardening] Vinegar or Acetic Acid

Cynthia.......Go to a place that sells Masonry supplies. Vinegar is used to
clean Marble and so you should find some there. As for the moles and voles;
google them and find out what predators eat them. Then go to the Zoo with a
bucket with a lid and get the pooh from those predators and work it into the
soil and make a tea out of it and pour it down their holes and they will decide
in a hurry that it is time to EVACUATE the area and go over to your neighbors
house.
jeff

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From: art_cy <cynthia@a-redesigns.com>
To: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 1:41:45 PM
Subject: [Organic_Gardening] Vinegar or Acetic Acid

Hello Everyone - Update on my progress with yard monsters.

The mole problem has been stalled for the moment by all things - wild garlic. I
usually pull the wild garlic from my gardens every spring but this spring I
decided to leave it. All the plants surrounded by it, veggies and flowering
alike, grew stronger and healthier because the moles stayed away from them.

BUT --- Yesterday I debated whether to harvest my medium size collards and
beautiful parsley. Since I had planned on watering with compost tea today, I
decided to wait a few more days before harvesting. I swear, the groundhogs
understand English because no sooner had I mentioned harvesting the greens to my
husband than they did it for me. Early this morning I was floored to see every
single collard leaf, the majority of my parsley and a few tomato plants GONE!!
They decimated my collard greens.

On another topic - Where can I find industrial strength vinegar? I have called
everywhere in Maryland and Northern Virginia but no one seems to know anything.
I've even asked for acetic acid and again no clue. Does it even exist? Or is it
another gardening myth?

With Moles, Groundhogs, and pesky weeds, the garden monsters are taking over. I
need your suggestions as to what to do with Groundhogs and where to buy the
vinegar. Please.

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