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Name the Culprit
What ever happened to those visions of
enclosed cities under glass domes where the environment could be controlled? I guess
Biosphere II, north of Tucson, is as close as we humans are going to get for the time
being. And as I recall that didn't work out all that well. There were problems with carbon
dioxide build-up and insect problems in the food producing garden. I'll have to
stick to reading science fiction or watching movies to live in a bubble.
I must admit
sometimes I think it would be nice to seal off my garden from the outside
world keeping out birds, most insects, plant and soil diseases and a few of
the people who ring my doorbell. To live in an enclosed environment all in
hopes of having a perfect, pest free home and garden seems a bit extreme. I
know it won't happen. I like my view of the Catalina mountains, the common
blue Arizona skies and the colorful sunsets I admire from the hammock on my
porch. Now a noise abatement program eliminating cars, airplanes,
helicopters, loud radios and stereos I could live with. But that's wishful
thinking and I digress from the point of this garden article.
What we have here is a garden quiz; a test of some of your desert gardening knowledge.
See if you can look at the photograph and figure out what caused the problem.
The two bare
stems are all that remain of a Swiss chard plant. Can you name the
culprit(s)?
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This tomato leaf looks like it was hit by
a hailstorm. Name the culprit(s).
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This was once a useful, functioning, drip
irrigation emitter. Name the culprit(s).
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This trailing indigo
bush extended at least a foot further into the yard. It's hard to see in the picture but
there are lots of plant pieces on the ground. Name the culprit(s).
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You can often find lots of these on nice
new citrus growth. Name the culprit(s).
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Here's one last question. Do you know
where the term "get your grubby little hands off me" came
from.
Warning: a visually explicit answer.
Not for the squeamish. |
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