I have large tomatoes, plenty of them…that is not the trouble. Hornworms. and cracking, those are the troubles. Right now, I am picking the fruits just turning red and ripening them on my window. Hornworms are officially called Manduca quinquemaculata. As caterpillars they are voracious pests, munching through incredible amounts of your tomato harvest. How To […]
summer garden chores
Mid July Chores
It finally heated up and this is what we expect in July: hot muggy weather. It is time to keep up with the weeds, hoeing them out in the morning means that the hot sun is killing the weeds and not you. Afternoons are made for sipping lemonade in the shade of a tree. Look […]
Mowing and Weeding
Sorry the pictures aren’t up yet, I’ve kept too busy to blog properly, although I have tried to keep the facebook going. Mowing and weeding are all we are doing right now. Ohio has turned into a rain forest, it seems, the perennials are lush and the grass abundant. Unfortunately, the fields have flooded and […]
Summertime Blues
Summertime, but the livin’ ain’t so easy. The heat ratcheted up all over the country, but here in the Midwest we have our own version: heat with humidity. And with all the rain, the humidity is miserable. So. What did I do yesterday? I mowed. Yes, indeedy, I mowed about 3 of the 4 acres […]
