All sorts of stuff! Cucumbers, lettuce, swiss chard, beets, beans (2 kinds!), snap peas (2 kinds!)....and 2 cherry tomatoes....Ahhhhhh garden heaven. Things are really blooming nicely. I'm so proud of the garden. Massive upgrade to last year's hot mess of dirt and plants where I quite literally threw plants and seeds into the ground.
The hay that I put down is proving to be really awesome. I have hardly had to do any weeding in the main garden and oh boy is that a relief. I am still battling blight in several of my tomatoes. I did pick all the leaves last night, and then again tonight we had more. I sprayed the organic fungal spray that I have and I'm really hoping that will pull everything through and not damage my beautiful home grown Brandywine tomatoes! (I have BIG plans for those suckers! Hello, canning pot, what can we preserve for later?)
I also have been battling japanese beetles. Wow, those are some hardly little stinkers. They have really done a number on my pole beans. The top leaves are totally damaged and I'm hoping they stay away from the plant so I get some beans from it. This type of bean is really supposed to yield a longer more prolific crop of beans compared to the bush beans which I have also planted. I followed the advice of many online gardeners and they all recommend using the bucket with dish soap and shaking the bugs into the mixture. That does not appeal to me at all. Mainly because I'm a little afraid of them flying into me! So I did some bug squishing and shoo-ing....all proving to be futile. So out came the organic spray and I tried my best. Guess that is all I can do, right?
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