Remember the pictures in my post "
Trying to Catch Up" of the trim work that I was wanting to get done? Well, I went outside at 2pm yesterday and finished up just before 7:30pm. I even swept the driveway. See my local transportation sitting on the drive?...
This curb really didn't take all that long to get done...
...but this one is a lot longer that what it looks in this picture and was REALLY overgrown further down. Now all I have to do is make sure and keep it trimmed so it doesn't get that bad again.
Below is what my garden often looks like after I've picked through it in the morning. I pull the bad leaves off and toss them out of the garden. Later I rake them into a pile out by the alley.
Here's the problem I'm having with the squash plants. The tops of the leaves will start looking mottled and then develop a powdery substance...
...which eventually shows up on the bottom of the leaves also. These are what I pick and toss out of the garden.
I also remove any dying foliage from the ground. Yesterday I picked up this dead leaf and found it covered with dead squash bugs. Something killed them off, but I've not a clue as to what.
I found this cute little bug interesting, a ladybug with no spots!
This curb really didn't take all that long to get done...
...but this one is a lot longer that what it looks in this picture and was REALLY overgrown further down. Now all I have to do is make sure and keep it trimmed so it doesn't get that bad again.
Below is what my garden often looks like after I've picked through it in the morning. I pull the bad leaves off and toss them out of the garden. Later I rake them into a pile out by the alley.
Here's the problem I'm having with the squash plants. The tops of the leaves will start looking mottled and then develop a powdery substance...
...which eventually shows up on the bottom of the leaves also. These are what I pick and toss out of the garden.
I also remove any dying foliage from the ground. Yesterday I picked up this dead leaf and found it covered with dead squash bugs. Something killed them off, but I've not a clue as to what.
I found this cute little bug interesting, a ladybug with no spots!
7 comments:
oh how good fro you! it looks fantastic!!!
Good for you, love the picture of the Lady Bug without the spots, great find.
Great pictures... that bug is interesting!
PS - There's an award for you at Prairie Dreams!
BTW - I think your squash problem is "powdery mildew", comes on when the plants can't dry out enough... wet weather and being planted too close together are two "instigators" of this...
Hi! If you have time could you come down here and look after my garden. You do such a great job of it!
Take Care,
Peter
Heidi, Bob, Anita & Peter, Thanks! I've been so busy that I've neglected my blog and responding to comments.
As to the garden, I also read that the cucumber beetles cause/spread a powdery substance (I don't know if it's a fungus or what). I'm sure my garden was too wet at least part of the time because I had tiny watermelon that rotted or exploded on the vine. All in all, it turned out pretty well for my first garden in long time.
Peter, I'd love to come help you with your garden, if only I could get there in less than hour on my bicycle. Don't think it's gonna happen. : )
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