It is not definite whether they are on vacation or if they have gone back to school, but the garden pests are not much in evidence now. The garden has not been sprayed with sulfur or BT since the last several rains. Except for one squash plant there seems to be little deprivation. That one plant only has about 3 leaves that are damaged. The powdery mildew seems to have been put out of business by the hot weather.
There are a lot of writing spiders everywhere. They are fearsome looking beasts, but they eat a lot of bugs and they are big enough to knock back a stink bug or something like that. There seems to be a bumper crop of rabbits this year, but the only damage from them seems to be some of the cucumber sprouts. They were sprinkled with powdered cayenne pepper and that seems to have broken the rabbits from sucking eggs.
Production has dropped off too. The new tomatoes are small and defective. The squash has almost quit. The peppers and okra are doing great.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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