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Just like in life, every gardener can think of something learned the hard way through experience.
It took two years of replanting bean and corn seeds scratched up by the cheeky crows cawing overhead for me to conjure up the idea of placing plastic-mesh garden trays, weighed down with large rocks, over the freshly-planted rows until seedlings had poked through the soil. At that point, the trays went back to the garden centre for reuse. Sturdy berry baskets or anything cage-like will also do the job.
And once again I had to adapt to wildlife when our autumn door hanging of seedheads, branches and dried corn husks began banging in the breeze. Suddenly realizing it was a wind-less night, I peeked out to find our door now decorated with two black rats scuttling back and forth across my arrangement to gnaw out the few remaining kernels of corn. Needless to say, our door display was changed without delay.
I’ve also discovered one need never give up on a broken pot: you can easily plug up a large crack with a bit of moss found in a shady bit of your yard, or dig the remaining piece of the pot right in the ground and stuff it with creepers to overflow into the garden.
Quizzing some of our GardenWise team one day, it seems everyone has something to share:
Do you have any wisdom to share?
Take a few minutes to leave us a comment below, or email us at gardenwise@canadawide.com