Monthly Archives: July 2008

And, I think I am the cause of the nastiness.

Earlier in the summer, some creature was beginning to chomp on the young melons.  Supposedly, there isn’t much you can do to stop squirrels and other predators from consuming the fruit.

When Poppy was a puppy, she used to eat all my fresh flowers – I have vivid memories of her racing around the yard with a freshly plucked pansy in her mouth – blossom dangling on one side of her mouth and root system on the other.

Our wonderful vet suggested we try McNasty on the plants.  It is used with horses to keep them from chewing on their buckets, etc.  As far as I could tell, the major ingredient was cayenne, it had a strong odor, but not really unpleasant, and most importantly, it stopped Poppy from grazing on my potted plants.

I decided the McNasty might work ont he melons as well and the rodent, or whatever was beginning to feast, would be stopped by the McNastyness.  And, it worked.  Nothing has been bothering the melons since I sprayed.

However, I think the melons have absorbed the McNasty.  They don’t taste spicy at all, but in your mouth, the flesh is juicy and bitter – Nasty actually.

ugh.

I had sprayed all the plants and so far, all the ripe melons have been McNastymelons.  So this weekend, the cantaloupe plants are going in the compost.

this is McDisappointing.

Cynthia