We were out in the garden at 6:45 this morning. Three hours of weeding.
I love this girl. She labored right along side me.
She is losing her fear of bugs, dirt, sun...
Hail to the squash!
On to the beans.
This mornings harvest.
This looks so much better. We are still strategizing how to rid the garden of the new invasive insect: the Kudzu bug.
Washed and ready to eat.
And this little guy is making his home somewhere at the front of the house. I guess since Big 'Ole Nasty Dog spends all his time indoors, the rabbits aren't afraid to come almost to the front door.
It was a beautiful day on
Whippoorwill Road,
Farmer Jane
aka: Bernadine
That little guy might be knocking on the door to see Buns soon. Your gardens are growing great. Blessings!
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This rabbit or another one closely related was almost at our back door. We like to see them. Our dog won't bother a squirrel but if he sees a rabbit, he gets a burst of energy and goes bounding after them. On the flip side, he doesn't bother Buns at all. Go figure...
DeleteYour vegetable garden looks great! Great harvest too :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. The garden is really well and we just got our first ripened Roma tomatoes.
Deleteyour daughter? such a cutie! :) and i love that little bunny!
ReplyDeleteYep, that's my daughter with the orange hair. I think that bunny might be a surviving litter mate of the ones that our dog got into. It looks to be about the same age as the others would have been. This little guy has not been any problem so we're happy he's around.
DeleteThings look nice and green (except for the hair)! Teenagers! Anyway all kidding aside what is a Kudzu bug? :-}
ReplyDeleteI'm responsible for the hair. First I turned it a brighter orange (if you can imagine). Then when I tried to correct it, I turned it purple! We finally went to get it toned down! Fortunately for me, my daughter realizes it will grow out so she wasn't upset.
DeleteKudzu bugs are a new invasive bug from Asia that eat Kudzu. Kudzu is a climbing vine that was deliberately introduced to the South in the 1930's to control erosion but became an invasive vine. It is known as 'The Vine that Swallowed the South'. Who knows what problem this new bug will become to plants or trees.
Beautiful gardens and delicious looking bounty, Bernadine. We have cucumbers now and basil and expect peppers and tomatoes soon. It's so nice having a smaller garden this year. We do miss not having any squash or zucchini, but there is a farmer's market in the next town and folks are always bringing stuff to the local YMCA which we go to so possibly we can get a couple soon...perk of getting out early to the "Y"
ReplyDeleteThanks. My cucumbers have been a bust so far. i think I planted them to close to the zucchini and yellow squash and they got crowded out. Oh well, i'll do things differently next time.
DeleteI need to workout too but my treadmill is in my home. Maybe if I set a goal of NOT going to the garden until AFTER I work out, that will be incentive enough for me at least get started.
Great harvest, your squash plant look good. Mine have powdery mildew on them.
ReplyDeleteI have powdery mildew on my yellow squash plants too. I figured it was due to lots of rain we had been having and the constantly moist air combined with cloud coverage. We removed the leaves with lots of mildew but today I noticed there was even more affected. It has slowed the production yet. It might be the leaves are getting old... I'm not sure.
DeleteOOPS... the powdery mildew has NOT slowed production yet. That's what I meant to say.
DeleteAbsolutely fantastic photos. You mention though, the kudzu bug in your garden? Yikes. We've just seen it for the first time this year, though only on the kudzu. Of course, we have so much kudzu it may not need to migrate anywhere else. For the present that is.
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't get any in your garden. We still have some on our beans but it doesn't look like they're affecting the plants health or the production. I'm keeping an eye on the things.
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