Sept. 23, 2009

Temp:
~ low 65° F
~ high 80°F
Alternating periods of clouds & sun.

Harvested:
~ Okra - 7.5 oz

Sprayed - with Pyola
~ butternut squash & okra for squash bugs
~ green beans for some kind of beetle

Gathered for seed:
~ cucumber
~ green beans
~ okra

August 26, 2009

Temp:
~ low 67° F
~ high 89° F

Harvested
~ cucumbers - 13 ct, 2 lb 12.5 oz
~ figs - 7.1 oz
~ green beans - 14.7 oz
~ okra - 5.1 oz
~ tomatoes - 33 ct, 12 lbs

Notes

• Discarded 6 acorn squash due to pickleworm. Set butternuts, seed cuke, and the one uninfected acorn squash on bricks as suggested by The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect & Disease Control
• Found squash bug eggs on winter squashes, sprayed with Pyola
  

August 1, 2009

Temp:
~ low 72° F
~ high 88° F
Humid. Mostly sunny early with some clouds in the afternoon.

Sent soil sample from production garden for soil testing.

Flowering: okra

Harvested:
~ blueberries - 1 pint
~ green beans - 7.9 oz (16 days after blooming)
~ straightneck summer squash - 3 count, 13.6 oz

Problems:
~ Powdery mildew - is all over the pumpkins and a touch on one cucumber vine. Sprayed all with copper solution and picked & discarded all infected leaves. This was rather drastic for the pumpkins, leaving them only new growth. However, if I'm going to lose the plants anyway, I might as well try drastic measures. Noted a few tiny pumpkins.

~ squash bug eggs - on 2 pumpkin leaves. Removed & discarded these.

Noted:
That the blueberries are larger and plumper since the rain we had this week