July 10th or 11th or something, 2012
Eggplant seedlings are very delicate. When we plant them in May, we have to cover them with a gossamer sheet of spun nylon, otherwise the plants get completely destroyed by flea beetles-- a little insect so named because it resembles a flea in all respects, except for that it is a vegetarian. When I took the cover off a few weeks ago, oh no! There weren't any flea beetles, but a tribe of Colorado potato beetles had moved in, and the plants were covered with aphids. I considered using an organically approved, naturally derived insecticide, but decided against it for various reasons. So I squished the beetles between my thumb and forefinger-- several thousand of them-- and, since I didn't know what to do about the aphids, went to bed. I still didn't know what to do the next day, so I went to bed then, too, and the following evening as well. The next day I decided I really had to do something, so I went up to the eggplant patch to assess the situation, where I observed numerous ladybugs, happy as could be, eating the aphids. So I did nothing. Now the aphids are completely gone. Never has my father's wise advice rang more true: “Son,” he would say, “Never do today what you can push off to tomorrow, because tomorrow you might not have to do it.” Words to live by.
In your boxes:
Cucumbers
Lettuce
Garlic
Little Cabbages
Summer Squash
The Last of the Peas
Cucumbers come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. The little green ones have thicker skins than the others, I usually peel those ones, but not the others.
The cabbages aren't baby. Just little.
Nice looking garlic, huh?
These are the last of the peas.
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