::tasks completed::
- staked more tomato plants
- fertilized with fish fertilizer
- daily multiple strolls through the flowers and vegetables
- mulched beds with pine straw
::harvested::
- green onions
- strawberries
- raspberries
- cucumbers (first two!)
- chocolate cherry tomatoes
- green beans
- golden wax beans
- snow peas
- swiss chard
- various herbs
::seen this week::
- baby robins on the grape trellis
- mama robin eating blackberries
- lots of tomatoes {salsa!}
- blooms on pepper plants
- bolting lettuce and cilantro
- bees busily buzzing around the flowers
::preserved::
- eight pints of green beans and golden wax beans
::to do::
- stake remaining tomato plants
- add blood meal to cucumbers in front bed – they are very yellow
- pull up squash plants – they succumbed to the squash borer worms
- put netting over blackberries
- root herb clippings from Dave’s mom
- start more watermelon and cantaloupe seeds
- can more green beans and golden wax beans
How is your garden growing?
Oh the squash borer worms. They are such a pain! I am about to start some squash seeds this afternoon. I pulled up the english peas this morning and plan on putting the squash where the peas had been. I am (fingers croseed) hoping to keep the borers at bay. I overheard a plant vendor talking at our Farmer's Market last week and she was saying to cover the plant stalk in tin foil and burry it a bit in the ground to discourage the worms. I am gonna try it. Can't hurt.
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I've heard about putting tuille over the plants but not foil on the stem. May have to try that. I think I've just about convinced myself that I will just buy my squash and get some from family. Those squash borer worms are the worst!
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