Invasion of the Strawberry snatchers!!!

It seems some malicious critter decided my newly planted strawberries was a tasty treat planted just for it!  They tore a path of destruction through the strawberry patch and, thanks to the nice loose fluffy soil, pulled up the strawberries, roots and all!  In all they destroyed no less than 7 of our 50 plants.  That's 14% of our crop in one night!  Grrr!!!  I don't know what did this, but if I had to guess, I'd guess probably a raccoon.  Damn it!

All that's left are some roots...

They gnawed the poor strawberries down to the root, destroying the crown and all.  If they had just eaten everything above ground, the strawberries could bounce back, but pulling it up and destroying the crowns is an absolute knock out blow.

So now I get to figure out a way to keep those disgusting pests out of the strawberry bed.  Yeah... fun... :-(

SHAMY Garden Status - 2014-04-27

Here's the latest state of our SHAMY Garden as of April 27th...

The "Stella" Cherry Tree

The "Stark Gold" Cherry Tree

The "Priscilla" Apple Tree

The "Empire" Apple Tree

The "Honey Crisp" Apple Tree

The "Olympic Giant" Asian Pear Tree

The "Honeysweet" Pear Tree

The #1 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #2 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #3 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #4 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

Garden Bed #1

Garden Bed #1 - Spinach Sprouts

Garden Bed #2

Garden Bed #2 - Lettuce (Loose Leaf) Sprouts

Garden Bed #2 - Lettuce (Butterhead) Sprouts

Garden Bed #3

Garden Bed #3 - Broccoli Sprouts

Garden Bed #4

Garden Bed #4 - Spinach, Onion & Carrot Sprouts

Garden Bed #5 - Potatoes

Garden Bed #6 - Corn

Blueberry Container #1 - Sweetheart

Blueberry Container #2 - Blueray

Blueberry Container #3 - Chandler

Blueberry Container #4 - Sweetheart

Blueberry Container #5 - Blueray

Blueberry Container #6 - Chandler

The "Mars" Grapevine #1

The "Mars" Grapevine #2

The "Mars" Grapevine #3

The Asparagus Bed

The Strawberry Bed

The "Pope John Paul II" Rose Bush

The "Wild Blue Yonder" Rose Bush

The "Mister Lincoln" Rose Bush

The "Margaret Merrill" Rose Bush

The "Sweet Afton" Rose Bush

The "Wenlock" Rose Bush

The Tomato Indoor Seedlings getting tall at 2.5"

At this size, it's time to transplant the tomato seedlings to new containers for the next few weeks of their life.  This time we'll be filling the containers with soil mix the boost growth.

SHAMY Garden Status - 2014-04-20

Here's the latest state of our SHAMY Garden as of April 20th...

The "Stella" Cherry Tree

The "Stark Gold" Cherry Tree (a new addition this week)

The "Priscilla" Apple Tree (a new addition this week)

The "Empire" Apple Tree (a new addition this week)

The "Honey Crisp" Apple Tree

The "Olympic Giant" Asian Pear Tree

The "Honeysweet" Pear Tree

The #1 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #2 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #3 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

The #4 "Heritage" Red Raspberry Bush

Garden Bed #1

Garden Bed #1 - Spinach Sprouts

Garden Bed #2

Garden Bed #2 - Lettuce Sprouts

Garden Bed #3

Garden Bed #3 - Broccoli Sprouts

Garden Bed #4

Garden Bed #4 - Spinach Sprouts

Garden Bed #5 - Potatoes

Blueberry Container #1 - Sweetheart

Blueberry Container #2 - Blueray

Blueberry Container #3 - Chandler

Blueberry Container #4 - Sweetheart

Blueberry Container #5 - Blueray

Blueberry Container #6 - Chandler

The "Mars" Grapevine #1

The "Mars" Grapevine #2

The "Mars" Grapevine #3

showing some signs of life...

The Asparagus Bed

The Strawberry Bed (a new addition this week)

and the strawberries seem to be taking...

The "Pope John Paul II" Rose Bush

The "Wild Blue Yonder" Rose Bush

The "Mister Lincoln" Rose Bush

The "Margaret Merrill" Rose Bush (a new addition this week)

The "Sweet Afton" Rose Bush (a new addition this week)

The "Wenlock" Rose Bush (a new addition this week)

The Tomato Indoor Seedlings (a new addition this week)

Several new arrivals that we had to scramble to get in the ground.  Everything is starting to grow and it's awesome!