This is the Red Cabbage Bed. They have really filled in all the bare spots compared to when they were first planted. Yesterday when I was out around 6 a.m. checking the garden and looking for weeds and bugs, I spotted a little white butterfly flittering around looking for a place to lay her nasty little eggs. After careful inspection of each and every plant since then, I haven't found any eggs, but the BT is in the wings ready for the little cabbage loopers who intend on finding the plants and gnawing away.
This is a closeup of the squash plant. I'm always amazed how the leaves and flower and stems intertwine and grow. They're so beautifully designed and it always is fascinating to watch vegetables grow. To think you put one seed in the ground and this is what grows out of it. Amazing and awe inspiring.
This is the Blue Hubbard Squash I started earlier in the year from seed. It is really taking off and filling out. I love the leaves. There is so much texture and design in each one. A very pretty plant.
Swiss Chard Bright Lights that I started from seed this year. They just took off once they were put in their final spot. Almost time to start harvesting the outer leaves and getting them to the table.
The sweet corn is coming along. Planted this closely, you really have to feed them religiously every week or they will compete for nutrients and not thrive. I use Miracle Grow Liqui Feed initially and now that they are about knee high, I switch to a product called Sea Magic. It's a sea kelp product that you mix into a gallon of water. This is the "liquid concentrate". Then every time you feed, you put only 1/2 cup of the concentrate into a 2 gallon watering can and water the food into plants. The 1 gallon concentrate makes 66 gallons of fertilzer.
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