The stink bugs and squash bugs are under control

I checked both gardens today, and found minimal signs of stink bugs and squash bugs. A few adults and a few nymphs & larvae found early deaths this morning, but the total bug count was under 20. A stronger presence of cucumber beetles can be noted. Although smaller than stink bugs, they carry a disease that is fatal to cucumber plants; bacterial wilt.  I noticed several cucumber plants wilting away to nothing. A few days ago when I first noticed the spreading damage, I picked all the cucumbers off of the affected plants.

Now that I got the bad news out of the way, here is some good news. Todays harvest yielded 4 zucchinis, 3 yellow squashes, along with a nice handful of beans, an 8" yellow carrot, a big fat cucumber, an 8" asian cucumber, a garlic bulb and a medium sized mature onion bulb who's plant decided to turn brown and fall over.

The kale and pea seed harvesting is finally finished. There were enough pea seeds to can two quart sized jars of peas. The total count was about a pound of dried peas. We have cilantro, dill, spinach, and the first variety of lettuce seeds drying.

There are more squash and cucumber seedlings in the works. Over two dozen plants await their chance to produce fruit in the garden beds. First I'm going to fatten them up with a bit of worm castings and Dr. Earth  organic vegetable fertilizer.  As soon as I publish this blog, I'm walking outside to do just that.

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Total produce count for the year:

53 strawberries

17 raspberries(golden variety)

5 blackberry

7 blueberries

1/16 lb sweet banana peppers

1/4 lb sweet bell peppers

1.75 lb assorted (green)bean pods

2.1 lb cucumber

5.8 lb zucchini squash

2 lb yellow squash

3/4 lb kohlrabi

1/2 lb red onion (bulb)

6.6 lbs carrot roots

1 1/8 lb beet roots

12 heads of garlic

4 garlic scapes

7.6 lb sweet/snap peas

15.6 lb assorted dark greens

7/8 lb baby radishes/greens

1/4 lb mature radish roots

46.5 lb assorted lettuce

5.1 lb spinach

1/2 lb New Zealand spinach

4 1/2 lb turnip roots

2.63 lb miner's lettuce

3/16 lb mache/corn salad

5/8 lb baby greens

1/3 lb arugula

5 asparagus spears

3 trays of wheat grass(inside)

3 trays micro  greens(grown inside)

A countless amount of:

  parsley, basil, peppermint, spearmint, lemon balm, burnet, fennel, thyme, dill, green onions