After the recent “slug-fest” I was relaxing a little, preparing to do battle with the evil squash vine borers (SVB) in a few weeks. BUT. I walked out last Friday morning to find my 6″ pea plants devoured 😦 they were just starting to curl around my trellis netting and so green and vibrant! And apparently delicious. I neglected to think that the baby bunny that was born in our front yard would squeeze through the gap in the fence and get to the raised boxes. I suspect he/she also snacked on my corn shoots <sigh> thank goodness I still have time to start them over.
The potato plants have stopped flowering, so will watch for them to start wilting/yellowing as a sign to harvest those. I am blown away by my yellow summer squash I’m growing in a container! I probably should have culled this to just one plant but they are both growing so fast how to choose? And one teeny baby squash has started on each vine, woo!
In contrast my zucchini plant which was started at the same time in the garden, is barely 4 inches tall. I am babying the one in the container though – moving it out of the sun when it gets too hot, keeping track of the soil moisture, etc.
Those are sacrificial radishes growing around the zucchini, supposed to help in keeping the SVBs away (we’ll see!).
but I did look at some of the expiration dates on the food and we are cutting it close so that makes it a good thing, yay! Plus I can replenish my stock now, bring on the couponing (I sense another blog post…)
The Dabbling Darling 