Found three tomato hornworms overall so far this week and drowned them all. Destructive. *(&#@^$@s.
Still I’m getting enough to can some stewed tomatoes up for the year.
Still VERY dry. It’s going to cool off a bunch but the drought is holding everything back. I need to water regularly, which has been hard for this horrific month mr. mm and I have been enduring. (He’s had shingles, and I’s still struggling with my own health issues.
Still I’ll get the rest of the onions pulled, and start working on processing the garlic now that its dried out for 3 weeks.
The onion crop was a disappointment. The ones that continued to grow did much better. A more acceptable size.
The carrots are starting to come up. Lettuce is doing OK and Zucchini is producing some.
Hopefully, next year will be better.
I’m jealous! The only onions I can get to grow are recycled spring onion “bulbs” in pots. Sometimes.
(We cut off the lower 2” or so and plant those, the greens go in recipes.)
For whatever reason, this summer the starts from Aldi spring onions have done best, and Wal-Mart’s “Organic Spring Onions” just die after a bit, and maybe a little(!) growth.) Last year, the Wally World “Organic Spring Onions” grew much better than the Aldi Spring Onions. Go figure.
However - I have seen one of the moths they end up becoming - the Hummingbird Moth and they come out in the evening - saw one sipping on my hanging basket of Wave Petunias on the front porch.
Which means they ARE around and have made it to their final life stage. Not sure how something so ugly and destructive becomes something so amazing!
