It is chilly here on our sunny hill this morning, but there isn’t any rain in the forecast, so I…
Tag: pests
Oh, peas
Don’t mind me. I may have shouted aloud and jumped up and down for joy when we discovered that these…
An Inauspicious Beginning
Well, it must be said: I’ve not had a great start to my planting this year. Here’s the bad news:…
A Bug’s Death
It is SO HOT. We are now at 28 consecutive days at over 90 degrees. This morning I went out…
Beautiful morning
It was stunning outside today! We finally got some rain last night, which was a big relief. This morning when…
Re-Return of the groundhog
These blasted groundhogs are making me crazy. Where the heck are they coming from? Are they like cabbage patch kids…
This day five years ago
Five years ago I grew my own tomatoes from seeds and grew a couple of unusual heirlooms that I got…
Wednesday Update – Self-inflicted Wounds
I’m posting this a day late, but I took most all these pictures yesterday: I did my spraying (no Miracle-Gro…
Curses! A video of my bean trellis and some deer damage
We had some mishaps in the garden this week. A storm kicked up and knocked over one of the tomatillos…
Skipping the Miracle
Today was my weekly Wednesday garden spray, but I decided to give the plants a rest and did not apply…
Wednesday update
That Dern Deer has not shown its face since we put out the repellants. That’s five days deer-free. I’m hopeful…
And now, the pests
I saw my first Japanese Beetles today. The first two died in the throes of ecstasy, and the third, a…