Oh well.They’d be easier to kill without babies.
My garden is going great. I’ll be harvesting my garlic next week.
My tomato plants are now doing well. I started having some trouble with some kind of blight so cleaned the plants up and sprayed them yesterday. I read where laying wood chips down helps prevent the dirt from splashing up and prevents blight. If I can win against it this year, I’ll really feel like I’ve made progress.
The onions are getting good size, the butternut is beginning to flower, and my pepper plants are recovering from being eaten. Some of my potatoes have been chewed up at the bottom. They are wilting and when I lift the stem it’s not attached.
However, I have had very little trouble with potato beetles. We have a couple birds who practically live in the garden. It’s like their private smorgasbord. I also got some beneficial insects but have not seen any of those. However, something is keeping the vermin down so I’m grateful for that.
I’m liking shredded leaves as a mulch. They don’t blow around like whole leaves. Not too bulky. No seeds. My leaf blower has a big tube that goes on the suction side and a bag on the exit that catches the shredded leaves. Unfortunately, the bag had a blow out before I could get the whole garden mulched. I finished it off with spent hay which I’m sure has a few seeds in it.