I found this at the Cheyenne Botanic Garden Website: “Slugs eat small holes in the leaves and feed mainly at night. Slug damage can disfigure a plant fast. They tend to be happiest in the overwatered garden. Besides cutting back on water, there is a slug solution in your laundry room: dryer lint. Slugs will not crawl over…
I had an outbreak of flea beetles. I didn’t know what they were at first. I wasn’t too concerned because they didn’t devastate anything earlier in the season. The primary damage was lots of tiny holes in leaves of mostly cabbage family stuff (kale, pac choi , etc) and radishes. But then, some plants wilted…
It seems that my garden is finally getting into gear. I was looking into magic wands and considering enlisting garden fairies to get out there and do something, but things are taking a turn for the better. I noticed that some veggies are really trying to grow. For example, five cabbages actually germinated (in a…
The sirens are wailing again….no doubt another fire has started. The weather is still so hot and dry. Temps in the 90s don’t seem all that high….but in June, in Wyoming is another matter. Tomorrow will be in the 90s again, with very low humidity. So, I am inside enjoying what I can from the…
Some of the garden is doing great….other parts not so great. Potatoes are the best of all this year. I have 5 or 6 kinds out there, including All Blue. Several varieties are blooming, which means potatoes are beginning to form down below. Blooming Norland (red) Potatoes The plants in the hay bales are mature and doing…
I can’t say how much we got, but I fell asleep last night to the sound of rain. This morning, the flower beds look dewy instead of parched and crusty. Tonight’s forecast promises more. I have a number of seeds out in the main veggie garden, and I would love to see them get another…