Midsummer-ish garden update

[teaforlupin]

Seeing as I'm hanging out here supervising the inexhaustible and incorrigible St Nicholas Cage, foster kitten of doom (and also cuteness):

- corn didn't end up doing much in the way of corn things, though it looked promising for a while :( but that's ok, you gotta try these things right

- trombone zucchini takeover of the washing line is going well; there's one growing right in the middle of where I have to walk through to get to the main part of the garden so I'll be picking that one sooner rather than later as I anticipate rapidly getting sick of clonking my head on it

- basil, lemongrass, fennel, perilla, peppermint, thyme, and lemon balm all doing beautifully

- first tomatoes might be starting to ripen!!

- yarrow is flowering!

- purple beans are delicious and I'm looking forward to the green ones too

- first round of capsicums/chills are starting to flower

- I think one eggplant plant has managed to avoid being swamped by beans and comfrey so that's hopeful

- pumpkins have not been a success this year

- fucking whiteflies are a fucking menace and responsible for most of the plant loss I've had >:( gotta be more proactive about control but it's tough in the hot weather because most of the things recommended aren't safe to apply in high temperatures bah humbug

- might take myself off to get some alyssum and marigold seedlings to help with attracting more predatory ladybugs etc

- shadecloth FTW it is saving many of my plants from the heatwave we're currently having! worth the hassle of putting it up

Comments

[aristofranes]

Uggh, whitefly/aphid type asshats have singlehandedly destroyed SO MANY of my plants, I feel ya

[teaforlupin]

Whitefly delenda est, as my old pal Cato put it...

[shinysherlock]

My Dad ordered ladybugs in the mail!

[teaforlupin]

That sounds SO MUCH like a thing your dad would do :D and yeah, I'm wondering whether I should do something similar... I did see one yesterday though so I'm anticipating that where there's one getting a good solid meal there'll be more to follow shortly!

[verymorstan]

look, last summer the pumpkins had their time in the spotlight, and on the spotlight, and around the spotlight, and dangling off the spotlight so we all got beat to shit just walking to the door... they can deal. :p

i love you and your raucous garden friendos <3

[teaforlupin]

I would argue with you but you're 100% right so I'm just going to cuddle my invasive garden friends and then cook them and eat them

[fennishjournal]

Trombone zucchini! *brb laughing forever*

And that sounds like a great garden. My chilis are gamely flowering on on my windowsill. They seem to like winter sun.