The garden is producing quite a bit of extra now. Basically we have its & bits of extra herbs and greens, plus carrot tops. Some of these go to the rabbits as a treat. The rabbits are growing big.
We have nearly all our starter beds planted or set aside for crops soon to be planted. So Matt is creating more beds. It's a lot f work. Digging. Removing rocks. Breaking up the clumps. Adding manure, compost, etc. Here's Matt pictured below.
We are adding another section of pole beans now. We are not sure what the timing between the plantings should be, but for now we are sowing a patch every two weeks.
The garlic chives really like our garden. They are fine for cooking. We plan to see if they can be used as a pest deterrent.
This months harvest are including bok choy, n addition to the other veggies.
We have been harvesting a lot of cucumbers lately. But we are starting to see some problems with the pickleworms. This cucumber, below, just had one worm in it. So half the cucumber was salvageable. But we are starting to see many pickleworms and they are ruining the entire cucumber. We're not sure yet how to control this pest. Spraying dipel on the female flowers every day surely helps, but the evening drizzle washes it away too fast. So were considering other options.
Above, you can see the hole that tells us that there is a worn inside.
Above, those holes in the flower are created by the pickleworm "maggots'.
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