Potatoes after the Chipmunk attack

We just got our garden going real good and there were 5 or 6 Chipmunks that decided they wanted a meal.  The completely wiped our our Potato vines and all of our Watermelon and Cucumber plants.  We have tried everything imaginable to eliminate them.  The best so far is pour Clorox around the base of the fence.  The smell drives them away.  You can see the rocks at the base.  They would dig down under the fence and come in so we piled rocks in the corners.  They just climbed the screen and went over the top.


Potato row-post chipmunk

The problem comes from the fact that we are in  the desert and on 3 sides there is fields and scrub brush where they live. You can see the water bottle we cut and put around the onion plants.  They just crawl into the bottle and help themselves.





We have to go about a mile off the road up in the hills to meet with one of our contacts.  Tina Nez lives about 1/4 mile futher up the hill behind where we took this picture below.  This is midway between our house and the Gap.  It is interesting that we leave home at 4:00 and arrive 38 miles down the road to our appointment at 4:00.  Tina is about 24. She has the Navajo Tradition as here reference for her belief.  There is no tomorrow only now.  We are going to tak one of the members with us next time.

coming down to the highway after our appointment
with Tina Nez.  You can see the trucks on the Highway





Maria Hope Lane.  We invited her to our
new Seminary program and we are going to
teach her more about the gospel.

Irene Yazzi. Maria's Aunt.  Strong member of
the church.



His is from farther up the hill to Tina Nez house.  Tina lives 100 yards from Maria
and Irene Yazzi.
As you can see we have a 4 wheel adventure each
day we go out.  Note... No paved roads.  They tell us when it rains you
do not go on these roads

Looking up to Mira's house.