What did you do in the garden today?

[Rick589]

I've found that moving the broody using means she abandons the eggs or tramples the chicks in her panic. Do you have diatomaceous earth or something organic you can put around the perimeter of the nesting box to deter the ants?

just bought some DE for this very purpose. Was concerned about use with new chicks

 

[TJAnonymous]

just bought some DE for this very purpose. Was concerned about use with new chicks

It shouldn't hurt your chicks... I'd just use it around the perimeter of the nesting box though to deter ants from getting to where the broody and chicks are

 

[TJAnonymous]

My spaghetti squash harvest... All my plants are now dead. I'm debating if I want to start more or not. This is enough squash to last me all winter...

Does anyone know if cushaw will ripen off the vine? I've got a large one that's still yellow but the SVB have killed the plant it was attached to..

Pumpkin, zucchini, and watermelon are still hanging on by a thread. If it would ever stop raining, I desperately need to respray the kaolin clay.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I’m dealing with cabbage moths does planting herbs near them actually work or is that bs to

 

[TJAnonymous]

I’m dealing with cabbage moths does planting herbs near them actually work or is that bs to

Planting herbs didn't work for me. The only thing I found that works consistently is covering them with netting or a row cover.

 

[ella2025]

Planting herbs didn't work for me. The only thing I found that works consistently is covering them with netting or a row cover.

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I have a cabbage moth problem too and since they're butterflies it's relatively easy to keep away. Just some netting works great. Whenever I don't do it for like a day, my cabbages instantly get ravaged by the caterpillars. It's crazy how much newborn bugs eat! They eat entire plants in days!!!

 

[fowltemptress]

Cucumbers have finally started producing. Lots of pickle soup in our future.
Gathered this sucker from the garden today. I'm calling it "Sheep Nuggets."

 

[ella2025]

Cucumbers have finally started producing. Lots of pickle soup in our future.
Gathered this sucker from the garden today. I'm calling it "Sheep Nuggets."

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Looks delicious and cheeky

 

[Smokerbill]

I’m dealing with cabbage moths does planting herbs near them actually work or is that bs to

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I have a cabbage moth problem too and since they're butterflies it's relatively easy to keep away. Just some netting works great. Whenever I don't do it for like a day, my cabbages instantly get ravaged by the caterpillars. It's crazy how much newborn bugs eat! They eat entire plants in days!!!

I've seen a few moths and noticed that something was eating on a couple of cabbages, and I found a big green caterpiller on the underside of one leaf I picked. I've started spraying them with BT every week or so. It's a selective bacterial insecticide that doesn't harm beneficial insects. And it seems to work. After I sprayed, the leaves quit looking so chewed up.

 

[Rick589]

I’m dealing with cabbage moths does planting herbs near them actually work or is that bs to

BT- T will knock them right out.