Pulled four more radishes this evening, but one was hollow. I know warm weather could cause that, but it hasn’t been that warm. The other three were almost perfect.
Radish bug
Not a real bug, but I mean that I have spent the last few days planting more radishes in any little spot I think will support one without getting in the way of the pant that is or will grow into that space. I did that with the leftover onion bulbs as well. After eat those three radishes, I just can’t wait for everything else.
Weekly update – May week 3
Just trying to keep bugs and fungi away from the plants. The recent sunny days have been nice after the week or so of rainy, cold weather. The tomato and squash are still on a day to day basis, but all of the cold weather plants are taking off. Note to self, plant tomato and summer squash later next year.
Broccoli and Romaine
Tomato plant, with fungus?
Randomness
I added a new category called Randomness which will include any garden/backyard related post that isn’t necessarily pertinent to a square foot garden. More than likely, just random crap.
Buried treasure
While pulling weeds and raking a few of the squares this evening, I unearthed two things of which I didn’t expect. The first was a grub like you would find in any lawn. The fact that I have grubs in my yard isn’t what threw me since I found them before, it was that I found one in May (I thought they appeared later in the season) and that it was near the surface in soil that didn’t have anything growing in it (no food source).
The second thing was a rib from something the size of a large cat or perhaps a raccoon. I’m no biologist so the animal type is just a guess, but I have taken enough science classes and dissected enough animals (in those classes) to say I am pretty sure it was a rib. It was fairly old so I suspect it cam from one of the compost bags I brought in. Which one? I have no idea.
Second and third.
More radishes. Still a little small, but still tasty. I have a bunch more that will be ready soon. After I ate the first one, I planted a bunch more by sticking seeds in the various nooks and crannies that will be (mostly) vacant until later in the summer.
More radishes
What are these things?
Another picture of whatever is living in my pepper plants. I also noticed two extremely small, extremely fast little white bugs running around the soil in two of the containers. Thinking these might be the adolescent version of this? I’m really looking for sunny, more moderate weather so I can get these back outside, and to help out the other struggling warm weather plants that are already in the ground.
A few more
Planted radish, carrot, cilantro, spinach, and cilantro seeds tonight. Pulled a few weeds, and tossed out a million “helicopter” seeds. I have a little concern about the evidence of pests, and the tomatoes look like they are stressed and/or have a fungus. I think most of this will be solved once the sun comes out and the temperature increases, but we’ll see.
The first person who can tell me what these bugs are…
Both look very similar, no idea what they are.
The first of two bugs found on sweet pepper plants.
These two are lighter and reddish-brown.
First radish of the year
It is actually the first of anything this year. A little on the small side, but tasty nonetheless. You may also notice the small holes in the foliage. Not sure what may have caused them. The tiny yellow clumps on the topmost leaf have me puzzled as well.
The first vegetable of 2010, a French Blush Radish.