That should really be holey leaves. We have had a solid week of rainy days. That is a week of feasting for leaf eating bugs. This afternoon their meal gets spoiled. BT to the rescue. The turnips and the cabbages seem to be the most affected. I worry most about spraying cabbage, because as the leaves curl into the head, they make the spray hard to wash off.
The broccoli is ready for heavy picking again. The side shoots on one or two plants are as large as the original heads were. The sugar peas are still producing and the cucumbers and tomatoes are teasing with flowers, but no fruit. The yellow squash is producing, but we have not accumulated enough to eat. The herbs are producing prodigiously. The lima beans and spaghetti squash are climbing the fence.
I am climbing the wall, with impatience. Mesclun salads are great, but the grocery store tomatoes are mealy. The salad is almost better without them. The nasturtium flowers are a great addition to the salads. I just hope we can have at least one salad with everything at the same time.
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/
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