Do you have a recipe?Yummy looks like good Rattatouille starter one of my kids favorite foods
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Do you have a recipe?Yummy looks like good Rattatouille starter one of my kids favorite foods
Many people on here use a soap water spray.Gosh it is hot! I picked butterbeans. Chickens were checking the garden out. I put a couple of worms that were on my plants right in front of them and they didn't touch it. So much for them being pest control.
So organic gardeners, little caterpillars are chewing up my leaves. I put out DE to see if that would help. I don't want to use pesticide in case any of my chickens decide to eat anything.
What else can I use?
Gosh it is hot! I picked butterbeans. Chickens were checking the garden out. I put a couple of worms that were on my plants right in front of them and they didn't touch it. So much for them being pest control.
So organic gardeners, little caterpillars are chewing up my leaves. I put out DE to see if that would help. I don't want to use pesticide in case any of my chickens decide to eat anything.
What else can I use?
Gosh it is hot! I picked butterbeans. Chickens were checking the garden out. I put a couple of worms that were on my plants right in front of them and they didn't touch it. So much for them being pest control.
So organic gardeners, little caterpillars are chewing up my leaves. I put out DE to see if that would help. I don't want to use pesticide in case any of my chickens decide to eat anything.
What else can I use?
Buy Bt spray - listed as a caterpillar killer. The Bt stands for the genus and species name of the bacterium that is bad for the caterpillars to eat, but safe for all non-caterpillars including pets and humans. I believe it is considered an organic approach to the common cabbage moth and tomato hornworm as very common garden pests, but the package lists more pests that are impacted.
Oh yes I doDo you have a recipe?
Oh don't forget to load up on mosquito spray. Lesson learned here that stuff needs to be in my hurricane kit. I tried Walmart and another store but it is all sold out around here.Good morning gardeners. Managed to get the slippery slope mowed yesterday morning. Then as I was stepping out the door after lunch to do the weed whacking in the garden, the sky opened up. Surprise downpour that lasted for about 2 hours. The remnants of TS Isaia are supposed to move in tomorrow, so I may just wait until after that passes through before anymore attempts at mowing and weed whacking. This morning I found some more bush beans, 2 large zucchini, an okra pod and a nice cucumber that the chipmunks decided wasn't tasty enough for their refined palates. I re-routed some of the butternut squash and pole bean vines. I remember someone here suggested putting poles atop the bean towers for the vines to cling to. Not necessary. They reach out and grab whatever is near them. I did do that last year, but it really didn't make a difference. As for companion planting, like @Acre4Me, I rely heavily on the Old Farmer's Almanac. I've grown peas in the same bed as tomatoes with no problems. Peas, like beans add nitrogen to the soil. Since tomatoes are heavy nitrogen feeders, it makes sense to plant them together. I've noticed myself @Compost King that slow cooking tones down the heat in peppers quite a bit. I made carnitas in my small crockpot yesterday and tossed in two sliced jalapenos, seeds and all and I didn't notice any heat. Zucchini soup @Sueby: I've made cucumber soup so I can't imagine why not zucchini soup. I've even made lettuce soup in years when I had so much lettuce I didn't know what to do with it. Sometimes my best friend in the kitchen is my handy dandy immersion blender. Thank you all for the lovely pictures. Especially the beach shot @TropicalBabies and the fresh produce @karenerwin. Have a great day everyone.
The ones here carry small children.Mosquitoes aren’t as bad here. However the ones we do have carry some serious diseases.