Northeast Gardening: I Feel Gypped!, 1 by tamberlin

tamberlin wrote:
Watch out for Slugzilla!
I keep expecting to see one of those Northwestern Banana slugs in my yard....
I've finally been successful in getting my citrus trees to bloom and the slugs have found them totally delicious. It's a daily chore at this point to pick them off and salt them into little piles of goo.
I seriously can't keep up with the grass since all I've got is a human powered push mower.
Even the dog doesn't want to go out there since he's got such long fur and it takes forever to dry.
Even the bees are unhappy and stay close or in the hive...

On a more positive note -
we found a salamander living under one of the citrus tree pots....
The deer in the neighborhood have found that balled roses are quite yummy and I haven't had to deadhead the moldy blobs as much as I would have....
My lilies are about 8 feet tall and are blooming despite the weather....
Andrew (the dog) has found that sleeping on rainy days is just fine...