Tomato plants and peppers have been in the garden for three weeks. All have little fruits showing and we’re optimistic that we’ll have red cherry tomatoes in 10 or 15 days.
Today’s rain knocked down the awful oak pollen. It was beginning to be impossible to mow the grass without a bandana around my nose.
Some kind of cut worm destroyed our cucumbers. We had these plants protected with tin foil but they still got to them. Looks like we’ll have room for something else, bought at the farmer’s market tomorrow.
I bought 4 tiny cayenne peppers locally for $1.98 and they have their own home in a big pot next to the raised beds. Don’t know why we didn’t start these with the rest back in February.
Rain is a blessing...
Cutworms - can’t remember what the exact name is at the moment, but there is a kind for which collars don’t work. IIRC can cut the stalk up about a foot from the ground.
Didn’t ever find a good solution to the problem other than to check them out at midnight, and pick the murders off the stalks to dispose of them.
Hubby was at our local Walmart the other day, and while most of the tomato plants were in the $3 to $4 range, they actually had a big plant for around $13 dollars. $13 dollars buys a lot of seeds.
I love cayennes. I dry them on super long green twist ties and use them up during the winter. I also like to take a bunch of dry ones and put them in a bottle of canola or light olive oil. I poke them with toothpicks first and leave the bottle out of the fridge for a week or so. the oil will get reddish and just a few drops make anything taste good.