My escarole frisee was so pretty when I left and I thought a week would make it perfect. Here's the pretty photo:
When I got back - one week later - it had bolted to 4 feet high! If I had the space to spare, I would have let it go and collected the seed.
Here's the bed after I quickly pulled it. Much of it I saved for salads, but there was lots to go to the compost bin.
My potatoes were through blooming and looking really good. (Where did the potato beetles go? I released bean beetle wasps a couple weeks ago - I wonder if they got the potato beetles too?)
My tomatoes are still small but growing (along with the weeds...)and the lettuce underplanting.
My squashes are just starting to grow and need to be trained up the trellis. I did this and they are off to a good start.
Lots of other things are looking really good too. Its so nice to be back.
Kathy, You mentioned bean beetle wasps. Have you had much success with those? I've been trying to figure out a good holistic means of deterring Mexican Bean Beetles the last few years.
ReplyDeleteLast year I tried Neem Oil and Marigolds with no success. This year I tried companion planting Petunias with nearby Nasturtiums. There seems to be some success there, but I've also been applying bug dust which, sadly, isn't organic.
Welcome home! Isn't it amazing what 1 week can do? Are those walking onions in the bottom 2 pictures. Am interested in growing Egyptian walking onions next year.
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ReplyDeleteThe bean beetle wasps seem to work well, but are expensive - $100 with shipping costs. We have had terrible problems in past years, but really good with one shipment this year.
ReplyDeleteYes - walking onions are great. I love them.
Your garden is beautiful and Skippy in your garden is so cute!
ReplyDeletehi I'm from Indonesia, I really like your blog and your gardenning activity,,, very great...
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