Who's in the Corn?

My corn is producing nicely. Unfortunately, we haven't really gotten any. Not only are there ants, Japanese beetles, and cornworms in it, something is actually peeling down the husks and eating it before I can get to it. My biggest suspect is the squirrels. Grr...

Otherwise, I'm harvesting yellow squash regularly and the zucchini and beans are starting to flower.

On the porch, I have one small eggplant which I think is ready. I was hoping for it to get bigger. I found a HUGE hornworm on my bell pepper plant, so now it's starting to produce again as well.

Feeding & Planting

I finally found a fertilizer to try on my container plants. It's fish based and completely organic: 4-6-6 + 6 of calcium to help with blossom end rot. Hopefully things will start producing better soon. My Roma tomato still happens to be doing well though. It has lots of fruit in all stages.

I also planted some spinach and Green Ice lettuce in containers this week, and they're already starting to come up.

My corn is producing a couple of ears already as well. So, hopefully we'll be out of the harvest rut very soon.

Gardenweb Notes

1. The tiny shotgun like holes in the eggplant leaves are probably from flea beetles. Neem oil might help. Feeding the plant to keep it strong will help better.

to be continued...

Catching Up

Today I dug up my onions. They are pretty small, but my mom's were too and she said they were still good. I'm sure with more water and food they will turn out nicer next year. I also thinned out my carrots. I read on Gardenweb that someone cooked her thinnings and enjoyed them very much. I only have enough for a small taste, but I am looking forward to steaming them. Then, I pulled up my peas and sad broccoli and weeded the rest of the bed. I was very pleased that the soil was soft and crumbly. It defintely is improving over time.

I transplanted one of the zuccini plants over to the hill with only one plant. Hopefully it will take to its new home nicely.

I forgot to mention that I dusted both beds with diatomaceous earth a few days ago. It is supposed to cut up the ant's exoskeletons so they won't be a problem. However, I noticed there are still a lot of ants on my corn and around. This doesn't seem to be working. So far, they don't seem to be too big of a problem as far as ruining the plants, so hopefully I won't really have to worry about them.