Garden Monday….and…
Alien seed pods or mold?
filed in gardening on Jun.27, 2010
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It’s Garden Monday at Feet Off The Table!
Well. I didn’t kill anything this week. So that’s a good sign. Seein’ as I was too cheap to buy bird netting as everyone recommended last week, I instead ran a piece of fishing string from one side of the garden to the other and put a noisy-clangy aluminum pan in the middle. It moves with the wind and has kept those pesky birds from devouring my sweet baby cucumber plants. There still is the gaggle of feathered friends sitting along the top of the garden fence everrrry morning….looking around. Seeing what they can get into. So here’s what’s what in the veggie garden this week: *click to enlarge*
And here are prettyful colors blooming this week elsewhere in my yard. *click to enlarge*
And this? I’m not sure what this is. But if you poke it, it’s a jelly like substance inside. Shane thinks it might have started out as deer puke….or…it’s mold. I’m pretty certain that it is an alien pod of some sort that will in time hatch something small and green with large eyes. Anyone have any ideas on this one?
June 27th, 2010 on 7:21 pm
definitely an alien slime mold…lol. the fishing wire did not work for us this year, unfortunately…hope it does better for you. nice flowers…
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June 27th, 2010 on 11:41 pm
Aliens for sure….
I use old DVDs and CDs in the garden to scare away critters. The glare seems to help keep them at bay.
Cheers,
jj
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June 28th, 2010 on 1:11 am
Hi, how are you?
I had something like that, and the horticulturist that we know stopped by and said there is a fungus called “dog vomit fungus” b’c, well, it looks like dog vomit….
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sheila Reply:
June 28th, 2010 at 5:34 am
OMG, I thought you were kidding but, you are in fact right! I googled ‘dog vomit fungus’ and that’s what it is! YUCK! and thanks!
June 28th, 2010 on 2:00 am
Ewwww, that white stuff is weird and icky! You’re kind of a genius for rigging your own “free” bird prevention. I admire that!
June 28th, 2010 on 5:23 am
Funny, none of your stuff died this week and some of mine did! Yeah, I too think it must be some sort of fungus. Is that mulch it’s growing on by chance? Mulch seems to be a great place for fungus and mushrooms to grow, being all warm and wet…
Grabbed your link!
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sheila Reply:
June 28th, 2010 at 5:32 am
yep, it’s mulch.
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June 28th, 2010 on 6:51 am
dog vomit fungus! you learn something new everyday I guess! lol
glad you were able to get those birds to respect your turf a little! Those are some persistant birds!!!
June 28th, 2010 on 8:00 am
Ha Ha Ha, that last picture, yuck. Not sure but it does look like puke of some sort, maybe dog food chucks, lol!
On other news my husband does the same thing with the aluminum pans. But we still have birds too.
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June 28th, 2010 on 11:49 am
That doesn’t look very good. I am sure my older son would love to get hold of that and disect it for you.
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June 28th, 2010 on 12:05 pm
Oh wow, that looks scary-mold?
June 28th, 2010 on 1:25 pm
Yay for the cucs making it!
Yeah, I’m going with alien slime mold.
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June 28th, 2010 on 1:26 pm
Whatever it is, DO. NOT. EAT. IT. (In case, you were considering it.
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June 28th, 2010 on 2:06 pm
Oh, I’m so envious of your veggies! We didn’t get on the ball in time this year. I do not envy the alien slime, however. WTF is that? Lol, I’d be afraid.
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June 28th, 2010 on 5:17 pm
I love your Garden Monday posts…it’s looking great so far – except for that alien mold!
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June 28th, 2010 on 9:34 pm
your plants are looking good! my zucchini plant is already getting too big for the pot i planted in it’s temporary pot. yucky… that alien slime/dog vomit stuff looks kinda gross.
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June 28th, 2010 on 10:12 pm
The last picture was pretty scary, weird and lets say yuck. Dog vomit fungus? LOL That’s a great piece of information.
Your garden is getting along great. Nice shots.
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