Each day patrolling the garden for striped cucumber beetles and sap-sucking stink bugs requires a jar with a bit of gasoline in the bottom and using the lid to scrape the nasty pests into the jar.
Next year marigolds will play a bigger role in companion planting in an attempt to never use chemicals in the vegetable garden.
If there's an upside to drought conditions it's the lack of mosquitoes, but then not many folks want to sit outside when the thermometer reaches triple digits. How's the weather where you are? Too dry, too hot, or just right?
To all the good souls affected by the drought, fires, and dangerous storms that have been forcing many to live without power and evacuate their homes...my thoughts are with you.
I'm linking with Rural Thursday today. Mosey on over to A Rural Journal and see what's going on down country roads.
It is so true I have not seen very many mosquitoes this year. I love your photos your garden is beautiful. B
ReplyDeleteHello Buttons and thank you for stopping by. I guess the mosquitoes have no where to breed since everything is so dry. Thanks for the lovely comment.
ReplyDeleteI am envious of the room you have for your garden. My veggies are relegated to a few pots. Next year, I plan to make some more room for veggies.
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That's one of the wonderful things about this place we moved into last year...it has loads of space for gardens of all kinds. I hope you find lots of space to plant veggies in the future. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteLike you stated this year has been a challenge for the gardens. Your tomatoes and other vegetables are still looking good so far. Let's hope we get that cool down and some rain soon. Have a wonderful week.
ReplyDeleteHi Lona...I've all ready lost several plants that just couldn't take the heat, even though I watered. I can't believe the echinacea I planted in the spring is having such a hard time of it. I've lost lavender, one thyme, and two larkspur plants that I'd hoped would make it to the seed stage. Darn weather!
DeleteYour garden looks great! We're in Virginia; it's been around 100* for the past week and we're among those with no power. But it has been raining each evening, so it's not exactly a drought.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness...no power and in triple digits? My heart and thoughts go out to you and yours.
DeleteWow gardening is so much work. Yet your garden looks beautiful. Ahhh tomatoes from the garden. I don't have a vegetable garden but I have a few farm stands nearby. You know my favorite all time lunch was when I was in my twenties and a lady I worked with took me home for lunch one day. She went out and picked fresh lettuce, tomatoes, and onions for our salad. It was warm and wonderful, and I remember the taste of that salad to this day.
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Well Karen I prefer flower gardens to vegetable gardens,but I must admit there's nothing like homegrown vegies,especially a tomato still warm from the sun. Oh and sweet corn and crisp lettuce and snippety snips of fresh herbs to season it all.
Deletelooks like your getting great results....super pics
ReplyDeleteHi joanne... thanks for stopping by. I'm anxiously awaiting vegetables ripening, that will tell the story.
DeleteWhat a beautiful garden you have, Teresa. :)
ReplyDeleteLove your pumpkins with all those beautiful and delicious flowers - I miss eating them, YUM!
Mother Nature has been quite unfair this year, we had the dullest and wettest period (March-June) since 1910 and have been affected by floods. I wish I could send you some rain and "grab" your sunshine! ;)
Happy weekend.
Thanks for stopping by Kia. I sure wish we could send you some sunshine. Isn't this just a crazy year for all people everywhere.
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Have a wonderful day!
Gorgeous garden -- you seem to have found a way to make your garden grow in this heat.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing at Rural Thursdays this week. xo
Thanks Nancy! We've been watering every other day, but today it reached 103 and even freshly watered plants wilted a bit. Oh for some rain.
DeleteI don't know if you are still in Ohio after your move, but it is indeed too hot! Now I'm a summer lover, don't get me wrong, but whew! Even I am growing weary of this intense heat and drought. I usually use marigolds around my veggies, but this year I thought I'd try nasturtiums from seed. Here it is July, and still no flowers. Next year, I either buy the nasturtiums already in bloom or it's back to marigolds!
ReplyDeleteHi Robin...Yep still in northwest Ohio. I'm not a summer person and if it wasn't for flowers and growing I'd not like it at all. I'm so ready for fall weather. I planted nasturtiums from seed, too, and not one has a bud on it, in fact several of the little plants have pretty much bit the dust. I'm still watering in hopes that eventually they'll bloom. As for marigolds...I always use them in the vegetable garden, but next year mounds of marigolds will be interspersed in the rows with vegies.
DeleteMy question is answered above. I wondered where you were, since your post could be just down the road from me. Our garden is suffering from lack of rain, but we are hand carrying water at least twice a week. It is down on my brother's farm and not near a water hose. The one good thing is the lack of weeds to hoe this year. I think I'll try the Marigolds next year.
ReplyDeleteGood for you for keeping your garden refreshed. I've been watering every couple days, too. It's a real chore in this heat!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful garden, drought or no drought. I don't mean to be a buzz kill but Extension preaches here that's there no research that supports an measurable control with any companions and especially in the famous book.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it's been luck, but I've been companion planting for many years with success and yeah I believe in a few old wives tales that I learned from previous generations of gardeners. I hold Extension agencies in high regard on most things, but I don't believe any one person/agency has all the answers. What I will not do is use toxins on plants that will be served at my table. BTW...what book are you referring to?
DeleteThanks for stopping by, Patrick