The sweet corn is developing tassles. Won't be long and I'll be harvesting.
Can you say "I HATE DEER!" This hungry deer seems to really enjoy Swiss Chard. He ate something off of every single plant and I only harvested from it 3 times. Talk about disappointing! But expected considering where we live. Walked right up into the bed and had a late dinner. Oh well...he also nibbled on the pole beans and bush beans but so far has left everything else alone. Will have to pull up the chard and plant broccoli. Then cover it with tunnels to prevent, hopefully, any further damage.
Hard to get the lens to focus on the actual tomatoes, but they're growing well. They're about the size of my palm. So far no bugs, but I'm keeping them dusted with diatomaceous earth and BT to keep the caterpillars off. So far so good.
This is the Blue Hubbard vines that are taking over the bed. I actually pulled up one of the smaller vines because they are growing out of control. Although a beautiful plant, it is really quite large. Next year it will have a bed to itself as it is smothering the carrots at the end of the bed. Live and learn.
Here's one of the developing blue hubbard squash. They're going to be quite large. I read that you can pull off the flowers to encourage the energy to go to the growing squash, and I may have to do that. These vines are loaded with flowers, more than we would be able to eat and give away. Guess it is typical squash behavior considering the way zucchini grows.
The sweet corn is developing tassles. Won't be long and I'll be harvesting.
Can you say "I HATE DEER!" This hungry deer seems to really enjoy Swiss Chard. He ate something off of every single plant and I only harvested from it 3 times. Talk about disappointing! But expected considering where we live. Walked right up into the bed and had a late dinner. Oh well...he also nibbled on the pole beans and bush beans but so far has left everything else alone. Will have to pull up the chard and plant broccoli. Then cover it with tunnels to prevent, hopefully, any further damage.
Hard to get the lens to focus on the actual tomatoes, but they're growing well. They're about the size of my palm. So far no bugs, but I'm keeping them dusted with diatomaceous earth and BT to keep the caterpillars off. So far so good.
This is the Blue Hubbard vines that are taking over the bed. I actually pulled up one of the smaller vines because they are growing out of control. Although a beautiful plant, it is really quite large. Next year it will have a bed to itself as it is smothering the carrots at the end of the bed. Live and learn.
Here's one of the developing blue hubbard squash. They're going to be quite large. I read that you can pull off the flowers to encourage the energy to go to the growing squash, and I may have to do that. These vines are loaded with flowers, more than we would be able to eat and give away. Guess it is typical squash behavior considering the way zucchini grows.
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