I have a snake and a rat living in my plot. And poison ivy. But that won't stop me. I will just have to stop gardening in flip flops and wear my boots, knee high socks, and gloves! It would be easy to pretend that it wasn't there if Kelly didn't find a freshly shed snake skin in my carrot patch. I will be thinking twice before sticking my hands in the lush vegetation from now on! (I know, it's just a little garter snake, but...it's a SNAKE!) If anyone would like to offer up a different plot for him to live in, please feel free to come find him and relocate. Ha!
Here is what I found on my garden walk on Monday afternoon:
Oh boy. A few generations of Squash bugs and their eggs and a Potato Beetle Larva.
(waves white flag)
Very large shiny green june or chomper beetles that were audibly munching Kelly's marigolds! (aren't those supposed to be a deterrent?)
A heat-resistant variety of lettuce
Twining runner bean vines
A Mexican Bean Beetle and his damage. These were so bad in my plot this year that I had to rip out my beans. Hopefully I can get them under control on my Pole beans with some Neem Oil.
Pretty carrots
Acorn squash transplants
Tom's ripe tomatoes!
Gorgeous fiery red-orange Cosmos in Rich's plot
Teresa's prolific Tomatillo's! You have to go check these out in her corner plot. Four plants, and at least a hundred Tomatillos! I am inspired to grow these next year. Salsa verde!
Some of the most healthy Eggplant I saw, considering it's been a really tough year for flea beetles.
Hoping this isn't the beginning of SVB. (squash vine borer)
Dandelion greens!
My college professor in Horticulture at NVCC taught us that Dandelion came from the French word "Dent de Lion" which means "tooth of a lion", demonstrated by the sharply toothed leaves.
Freshly mulched onions
Lettuce that has bolted and gone to seed.
One of the sunflowers that has been decimated by some beetle. (possibly the Asian Brown Beetles?)
A large stand of Okra. The flowers on these are beautiful.
Basil in hiding from the beetles
Poison Ivy next to Ann's plot. There is some near my plot as well that I have been trying to kill for two seasons now.
Butternut squash
Beautiful stand of flowering Dill
This has me jealous. Larry has had success with Celery! He hilled the soil up and tied it so it would blanch.
Flowering carrots in Katelyn's plot. Due to the crazy weather we had this spring (warm/cold/warm/cold), certain sensitive vegetables were seriously confused. A lot of them thought they had been through two seasons already, and are starting to flower and set seed as if it is the second year. (some vegetables are biennials) The same thing happened to onions as well, especially ones that were planted from sets and not seed.
Randy's corn!
Send me some pictures of your harvests so far, and I will try to dedicate a post to our successes!
katelynkaz@gmail.com
Happy Harvesting!
