Spring 2010

I planted a lot of tomatoes this year. Roma, and Sweet 100. I really liked the Sweet 100 last year.

The lettuce this year is doing great. I have a mix of various greens as well as a red romaine. Notice the screens? I put them over the planted seed to see if I could deter the birds from eating. No luck. The seeds still didn't sprout. hmmm

 It was clear we still had some sort of pest problem. The poor peppers were really taking a beating.

I found the culprits!

These little pretties known as potato bugs to me growing up are actually called pill bugs. Each of these here were hand picked by me from munching on my delicious plants to swim in diatomaceous earth. It was never the birds eating the seeds, but these sneaking nocturnal jerks! I've seen them around from time to time and have a rather live and let live attitude toward bugs in my garden. No longer. It's war.

 

A large dose of diatomaceous earth is now sprinkled on the garden, especially on the peppers.
Planted 1 Feb 2010
Photographed 9 March 2010
Celery, Saliva, lobilia, green and red peppers both, canna lily, sunflower, spaghetti squash, kale and spinach.