Problems and Progress

Rotary Garden, Lowell:

Tomato plants developed a fungus. The leaves are covered with gray-brown spots. A leaf sample sent to the state extension service for testing ruled out late blight for which I am very thankful.  The fungus will not kill the plant but will spread if not watered carefully by watering soil without splashing on leaves. However, this damp, rainy weather is not helping. It’s a dilemma. We need the rain badly. 

Tomatoes still developing on the infected plant.

 

Carrot, beet and arugula seedlings are doing well. I will soon plant more carrots and spinach. 

Wotton St. Garden:

Growth is progressing nicely. The bees love the pollen. Ears on the fist planting of corn are developing well. A few more days until harvest. Yummy. 

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Butternut squash plants blooming and spreading. The main broccoli heads harvested, eaten, shared and frozen. Side shoots are large and plentiful.

One last cabbage to harvest.  A small batch of sauerkraut fermenting nicely.

                     

W.F. Lewis Garden

Only one vole caught in the mousetraps set out. The traps are under propped cardboard boxes to conceal the trap from birds. I suspect ants are eating all the walnut bait.

Look at the teeth on that critter!

 The resident hawk is also helping with vole control. 

This is the bugger I found when I went searching my tomato plant for whatever critter was nibbling the green tomatoes and the leaves.

Horned Green Tomato Worm.