I haven’t talked about gardening in a while, so it’s time. We’ve had some new additions to our gardening landscape, one is an old cast iron bathtub (which may eventually get some 70s stenciling!). I decided it would be the squash garden this year. We struggle with squash every year, because of squash bugs….
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Summer Gardening 2013
Every once in a while, I’ll have an idea that’s actually kind of incredible. Remember me talking about planting elbon rye as a cover crop, in the big garden? We let it go to seed, and Don planted all the vegetables in spaces he created in the rye. Eventually, when the rye got dry, he…
Squash Borers
This year we’re concentrating on the health of the squash plants. Last year, we lost all the squash plants to squash bugs and squash borers. The borers are the larvae of a wasp-like insect. For more information, click here. We have waged an all out war, and so far we have baby squash, but it’s…
Transition to Summer Gardening
With the rain and the great temperatures, it’s been a good year to get things planted early and hopefully have some harvest before the sun and dry of summer. My father-in-law’s garden is coming along well. It’s pictured below. Our garden has had a few challenges already, like the squash bugs have already moved…