BT Works

BT Works

Last week, I sprayed the garden with Bacillus Thuringienses. The intent was to kill any larvae like caterpillars or pickle worms, with special emphasis on the pickle worms. The pickle worms normally come a little later in the season so I don’t know how well it will work for them but it really did a job on the kale.

Before spraying we picked kale. It was soaked in dishwashing soap and water for about 15 minutes before the major cleaning. There must have been 50 worms in the mess of kale. Saturday morning we picked a big mess. There was not a single worm. If there was, he was eaten; because we never saw him. I really hated paying $15 for that little tiny bottle of stuff; but 1 tablespoon made a gallon of solution. It should last all season. I will report on the pickle worms.

The spaghetti squash is growing daily and there are 4 more female blossoms. Maybe this will be the year to get lucky. The volunteer cucumber in the front yard yielded its first fruit yesterday. The hanging tomato is finally growing some. The other tomatoes have green tomatoes. I picked enough wax peppers and jalapeños to give some away. Life is good. Real estate is not. Thank God for the garden.

David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.