It's That Time

Yep, it's that time with the garden when my interest level seriously declines. Obviously it's not great timing considering we actually have produce now! But oh well, we'll do our thang and eat veggies and can and give veggies away and all that jazz. I was actually talking with Beth the other day and we both are having the same thoughts (I'll chalk it up to being a twin thing). Basically we're tuning out of this seasons gardening, yep, the one that is still very much in progress, and we're thinking to next years garden and what we want to do differently. It's at least consistent with me always having a hard time seeing things through completely to the end and with the same enthusiasm in which I started.

A few bummers of the season are first, the adorable bunny won't stop eating our pepper plants. Please stop, I really don't want David to have to shoot you (that's right, I've put him on that mission if it comes to that). We set the trap but I think he's so light we won't trip it to close the door. Second, our corn is red, apparently due to a phosphorus deficiency (that's what google said). Most likely because of the buckets of rain that were dropped on us the entire month of June. There really is a lot to learn about gardening, especially understanding the nutrients each plant needs and the symptoms of too much or not enough of any particular nutrient. Third, our tomato plants are getting hit with blight, most likely another symptom of the excess rainfall. I dumped probably 2 dozen already before I was able to pick some good ones.

There are weeds, and at this point I tell myself what's the point when the garden is this far along. Ha! Not the best logic, they really should be pulled, but there's other things right now that are taking priority over that... like finishing our bathroom!!! Spoiler - I'll post soon but we started tiling the shower Monday night and we're super pumped how it's turning out. Takes forever since we're using small subway tiles but it'll be worth it for sure in the end.

For now we'll keep truckin' along crossing projects off the list.

Small days harvest

Pumpkins are getting big!

Sunflowers are so tall and finally blooming!

Hello hot pepper plants

Our deficient corn, sorry we've failed you yet another year

One of our few healthy pepper plants

Beautiful dahlia blooms

Potted pepper plants doing well other than they constantly need watered

UPDATE: So what I originally thought was the bunny eating all our peppers plants was actually green horn worms that usually eat my tomato plants! I cringe every time I find them, they’re disgusting. I had no idea they like pepper plants too or else I would have been on the lookout for them in the first place. Since they blend in so much with the plant an easier way to find them is to look at the bottom of the plant and you’ll see a bunch of terd pellets. Looks like they were the death of about 5 plants, lesson learned.

Harvest time