Gross!

I went to check the garden today like I always do when I get home. The beans are growing well but their leaves are deteriorating. Jimmy is calling it "scale" but I am not sure. Bob Randall says beans need an innoculent but I am not sure what that means!

There was one plant, one of the onions, that looked like it had been covered up with dirt. I reached down to brush the dirt away and it was a dirt covering a pile of cat poo-poo! Super, super gross. Apparently some neighborhood cats think I have built them their own personal cat litter. I am just disgusted. I am heading out to the hardware store to get that stuff that wards cats off because it smells like fox urine. Now it is me vs. the cats, I won't let them ruin my garden with their filth.

I intentionally did not take a picture or post a picture of this event. That would be entirely too yucky!

Fall Planting

Today ended up being the best weather to plant for the fall. All my seedlings, apart from the beans (pictured here), have been basically dug up by Maxine! Today I went out to assess the space before going to the garden store and I found another big hole, taking the lives of all my little seedlings. The beans are the only ones to survive, mostly because I planted them up against the trellis so they can vine up.

So I went to our local garden store and found some great transplants. Swiss chard, arugula, mescaline, butterleaf, and green onions. I planted today as well as fixed the twine fence surrounding the garden so Maxine can't get in.

I am hoping both that the fencing works and that the transplants take! It was a year ago we planted our first container garden and had such great success. I look forward to what this harvest brings! I still have my carrots growing ( i hope) and the chili's are going wild.



I am hopeful about the green onions as well, I have never grown them or carrots. Actually, I have never grown beans either. The only thing I feel certain about at this point is the various lettuce. They did beautifully last year and even started a friend of mine on a salad quest!


Oh yeah, I also replanted some basil! I know that seems kind of crazy but the basil plants keep bugs out and the beans are struggling with something that Jimmy keeps calling "scale." Remedies to scale : Horticultural oil and Lady beetle.