The Victory Garden is doing much better this year. The new, expansion area doesn't have much in it ... only a couple of blueberry bushes and some strawberries that won't produce until next year.
The original section has tomatoes, green peppers, beets, green beans, cucumbers and sweet potatoes.
The tomato plants are about 5 feet tall and the cages aren't big enough! The green beans have covered the arbor and the cucumbers are about 7 feet and I'll need a stepladder to pick the ones near the top. Maybe I'll make another arbor next year so the cucumbers can grow over the top like the beans.
The original section has tomatoes, green peppers, beets, green beans, cucumbers and sweet potatoes.
The tomato plants are about 5 feet tall and the cages aren't big enough! The green beans have covered the arbor and the cucumbers are about 7 feet and I'll need a stepladder to pick the ones near the top. Maybe I'll make another arbor next year so the cucumbers can grow over the top like the beans.
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There are a lot of tomatoes, though they'll need a few more weeks. The cucumbers are doing great.
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This morning I discovered some tobacco hornworms eating the tomato plants. They are HUGE.
The best way to get rid of them is to pluck them off the vine and squash them. I found and squashed eight of them today. Making them burst into a gob of slimy goo is satisfying, but it confirms my conviction that I shall never eat bugs instead of beef (Sorry Klaus).
I just read that they glow under UV light so it will be easy to hunt them down.
"Bugs! Kill them all!" - Johnny Rico
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