I have chives popping up all over my outdoor garden (I often forget to cut off the flowers) so I just dig up a few, stick 'em in a pot and bring them indoors and put them in a south window sill. They usually last at least a year.

I don't think I've ever had anything bother my chives... Linda, maybe your neighbors are sneaking over and cutting them off!

Weedwhacker said:I don't think I've ever had anything bother my chives... Linda, maybe your neighbors are sneaking over and cutting them off!

LOL---hmmmm......probably not.
Reminds me of last year--I had a ton of tomato plants out in pots before our MG plant sale, and on two separate occasions, I found tomato plants that had been chewed down, pots dragged off the porch, etc. I was sure it was raccoons or rabbits (we have really BIG rabbits here). The third time, I found a pot in middle of the yard with one of my dogs contentedly chewing on the tomato plant. Grrrrrrr.........Normally they wait until we have ripe tomatoes to start in on the plants

Bad dogs! (also-- why I have a fence around the garden, mostly to keep the dogs out! )

My Golden never got in the garden. He really liked to play with a 6 to 8 foot tree limb though. More fun than a ball .

We currently have goldens #3 and 4. #3 is our only golden that has ever touched a tennis ball. They've all liked tomatoes, though.

Golden... retriever, lab, ? I never quite 'get' the inside lingo.

I've always referred to Golden Retrievers as Goldens. I know Labs come in a variety, but never having had one, I wouldn't know the correct lingo.

The husky that we had before we got the collies LOVED green beans, carrots and potatoes, and didn't mind helping herself to any of them when the occasion presented itself! We just have a 2-1/2-foot "rabbit fence" around the garden and she would put her front paws on that (it's framed with 2x4's) and pick her own pole beans from the trellis... , At least there was no question about what to do with "overgrown" green beans-- both of the dogs that we had at that time were more than happy to supplement their diet with them!

How funny! Smitty ate the fallen Sweet 100 tomatoes and I've had other dogs who would eat tomatoes as they ripened. Smitty loved broccoli, green beans, and carrots.

Goldens = golden retrievers
Yellow = Labrador retrievers

Sorry for any confusion. But they all love tomatoes, regardless of whether labs or goldens And they are notoriously bad helpers in the garden

My Golden didn't care much for cucumbers . The tomatoes were enclosed by a fence .

My dog, neither golden or yellow, is fascinated by the fountain I put out for the pollinators. He guards it all day, hoping to catch a bee. He loves to eat bees. Makes a horrible face as he does it, but he is apparently a glutton for punishment because he keeps doing it.

Rigel likes to catch them, but he spits them out once they're dead. We can't tell if he's ever had a sting from them.

Note to self: Beekeeping and canines are incompatible.

We've always had pound puppies, and their lineage is just a best guess. Current dog is a boxer mix of some sort, I guess she could be referred to as a brown.

Bonehead said:I guess she could be referred to as a brown.

Or a dog. Pound puppies are great . To me, breed or lineage isn't #1 on my list.

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I agree--all of our dogs have been rescues, either from shelters or rescue groups. My first dog was a "heinz 57" mix, and the best dog ever.