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SUNDAY UPDATE: Jungle Edition
I've been unable to keep the vines at bay. Already 5 entire paths have been consumed by rampant vine growth. Pumpkin Hill has also spilled over into the lower garden.
Row-Column: Description
1-1: Main garden.
1-2 & 2-1: Trying to take photos from the same spot every time is proving futile. It is like looking into a jungle.
2-2: I've begun harvesting the oldest potatoes and garlic. I'll be replanting this bed when I'm done.
2-3: I'm hoping the soil in this bed improves with the removal of the onions. The peppers plants in that bed are still really tiny.
3-1: I've already started trading zucchini with neighbors, family, and friends. These things produce like mad. I'm filling my freezer with sliced zucchini and squash, in bags of flour for frying later on in the winter.
3-2: The pumpkin plants are a bit crowding in this bed, but I've been moving their leaves around to allow the pepper plants and such to reach full sun.
3-3: The tomatillos in this bed are taking over one side. Everything else seems to be doing rather well. The luffa sponge plants are doing better, but are still being attacked by something that wilts a few leaves here and there.
4-1,2,3: Pumpkin Hill. There are many dozens of flowers in bloom under that sea of green leaves. The entire place sounded like an airport this morning due to all the bees. I've been seeing more and more vine borer moths flying around looking like some forgotten Soviet jet design from the 1950s. They make me more nervous than the squash bugs.
5-1: Except for the chard, this bed is nearly a total loss due to caterpillars. I received the insect cloth recently, but won't be putting it on until I rip these plants out and plant the winter crop.
6-1: These sunflowers are doing well, but the cucumbers planted at the base don't seem to want to climb all that well.
6-2: Beit Alpha cucumber.
6-3: Red cabbage in pots are faring better than ones in beds. They are not getting eaten up as much by caterpillars.
