{"id":867,"date":"2007-11-26T17:51:55","date_gmt":"2007-11-26T22:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/11\/26\/my-new-garden-pest\/"},"modified":"2010-10-09T16:56:28","modified_gmt":"2010-10-09T20:56:28","slug":"my-new-garden-pest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/11\/26\/my-new-garden-pest\/","title":{"rendered":"My new garden pest"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/104\/306398715_49775ad925_o.gif\" alt=\"Join Green Thumb Sunday\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Join<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Well, I missed Green Thumb Sunday yesterday.  This is my main reason:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2065221314\/\" title=\"IMG_2643 by triciawd, on Flickr\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2065221314\/\" title=\"IMG_2643 by triciawd, on Flickr\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2195\/2065221314_75b6a19701.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2643\" height=\"302\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, we got a puppy.  She&#8217;s investigating some of the plants in the garden in this shot. As you can see we&#8217;ve had our first snow too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<p>Midnight is a Labrador Retriever pup and as you might already know Labs love to chew, chew, chew. I can only imagine what kind of challenges are ahead of me next spring and onward as far as keeping my garden intact!<\/p>\n<p>That of course will be my goal.  Keep the dog happy, but keep the garden looking nice too.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily we have a number of nice parks in the area, as well as hiking trails and we aren&#8217;t too far from the beach.  So &#8230; hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to keep the dog busy and happy in the various neighborhood parks and limit the damage that she might do to the garden.<\/p>\n<p>Wish me luck!<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>BTW if you want to read more about Midnight and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feverishthoughts.com\/2007\/11\/26\/omg-puppies-are-just-balls-of-energy\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\">what happened after we brought her home<\/a> early Saturday morning you can read about it at my other blog Tricia&#8217;s Musings. <\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<br\/> <br\/>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_underpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0957462354\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<br\/>\r\n\r\n<?php if ( is_search() || is_single() || is_page() || is_paged() || is_category() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\nch_client = \"dragonden\";\r\nch_type = \"mpu\";\r\nch_width = 468;\r\nch_height = 250;\r\nch_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\nch_color_title = \"FF9B00\";\r\nch_color_text = \"333333\";\r\nch_non_contextual = 4;\r\nch_vertical =\"premium\";\r\nch_sid = \"gardengrows_betweenposts\";\r\nvar ch_queries = new Array( );\r\nvar ch_selected=Math.floor((Math.random()*ch_queries.length));\r\nif ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) {\r\nch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];\r\n}\r\n\/\/--><\/script>\r\n<script  src=\"http:\/\/scripts.chitika.net\/eminimalls\/amm.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br\/><\/div>\r\n<?php } ?>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Well, I missed Green Thumb Sunday yesterday. 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