Dog VS. Plant, What the dog thinks is an epic battle

Hello There,

This week I wanted to talk about our three postage stamp sized yard. There were several plants in the yard when we moved in. There was also a small gravel area, though I have no idea why it is there. We were thinking about what to do with this gravel area and came to the conclusion that it would be a good place to place some pots and grow some of our own veggies.

We were excited about this idea because it meant saving money of veggies, win. As well as less waste, since green onions, lettuce and a smattering of other veggies come in large packs that the two of us don't always use all of.

So we bought cute barrel pots, potting soil, fertilizer, special ozmocote, We have starters of lettuce, walla walla onions (The best onions there are in my humble opinion), green onions, chives, lemon mint, a green pepper plant, cabbage, and Kale. (I also got a couple flowers. I couldn't help it, they were pretty.

Anyway, we got everything planted and later that night under the cover of darkness our not so little Rotti dug up some of the Kale, all but one lettuce plant and almost half the onions. These are just the plants that are missing. Several others were tossed or knocked over and soil was all over. I was not too thrilled.

I am not quite plant savvy enough to know how to best help them. She still sniffs around the but I think we have told her no enough times that she stays away for the time being.

She seems to have moved on though. One of the plants growing quite tall in our back yard has small white flowers. For whatever reason our Rotti has decided this plant is her nemesis. It started by biting off the flowers, then the smaller branches. Now she is digging up the roots. The hubster told me he found the hole, i haven't had the chance to cover it back up. Apparently one of her tennis balls is helping her in this endeavor because it keeps making to outside and into the trench like hole. *sigh* I am guessing this is just life with a Rotti.

The plan it to either put the pots on benches or circle them in chicken wire as a way of dog proofing. But I am at a loss for the white flowers. Any ideas on how to help the plant in this epic battle are much appreciated.

That's all for now.

Happy Reading,

Gretchen