Crickets are eating the seedlings as fast as they come up. Last night they got more of the lettuce and nearly all of the remaining turnips. The broccoli plants are looking a little chewed up too. And to make matters worse one of my neighbors friendly cats picked my carrot patch as a litter box.
So today I replanted the carrots, turnips, lettuce, mustard, kohlrabi, Butterstick squash and filled in the blank spots in the sugar snap peas. Tomorrow I will have diatomaceous earth for the creepy crawlies, chemical (organic if possible) warfare stuff for the crickets and my grandson's BB gun for the cats.
Before anyone goes nuts on me, the BB gun is very weak and I doubt it would break skin at point blank range. I'm hoping however it will sting just enough to make the cats think twice about choosing my vegetable garden as a latrine. For the record I don't necessarliy dislike cats nor am I particularly fond of them. I just don't want them tearing up my garden so they can have a comfortable toilet.
