Sunday, January 4, 2026

Fighting the Groundhogs

 Notes 2025

Damage

  • Zinnias nibbled on and trampled
  • Chamomile ate all the leaves, just left stems
  • Comfrey ate all except the ones I put cages around- now inside the garden

No Eats! Plants that have Survived in my Garden

  • Catmint
  • Peony
  • Hyssop- takes a long time to grow, the third year of the seedlings I started and they are finally looking like something!
  • Monarda- trying a new, shorter Bradbury's Bee Balm in the wildflower garden
  • Lamb's Ear- almost filled in across the base of the slope. Maybe next division, plant in the front of the perennial bed.
  • Lavender
  • Globe Thistle
  • Coreopsis
  • Cosmos- strangely, didn't eat these!

Try These (from CCExt.)

  • Salvia- sage family, strong scent
  • Pot Marigold- Calendula- try outside of the veggie garden
  • Russian Sage- starting from seeds took so long, maybe invest in a plant or two?
  • Snapdragon
  • French Marigold
  • Lantana
  • Veronica
  • Verbena


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