Well, the fracking deer noshed on my Jerusalem artichokes. I mean, they left a significant amount of leaves, so I think they will recover.
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| Deer molested Jerusalem artichokes |
Why do they eat only the things I plant? They never eat weeds. Deer, frustrating me for almost 20 years now. And no sign at all of the yams I planted there. Maybe something will sprout, or maybe that's a big failure.
Next planter up is some volunteer garlic and some kale. The kale all bolted, I didn't get much from it. I'm not too optimistic about the garlic either, but what the heck.
Next up are the potatoes. I guess 8 plants. Maybe 11? Anyway, they are doing great. Seeing some flowers.
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| Taters |
Next planter is all kale, all bolted.
Final planter is full of weeds. I was thinking maybe green beans.
Rolling up the yard to the zucchini trench, things are going a bit better. Seeing zucchini flowers, and some babies.
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| My baby! |
These zucchini are real troopers. The foliage beneath the big ol' zucchini leaves is rather thick! It vaguely leads me to wonder if the density of weeds has any impact on the ability of bugs to get in there. Probably not. It would probably be far better to clear out the weeds and the old dead leaves. It is on the to do list. The plants are looking great though, weeds and all.
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| Zucchini blowin' up |
Tomatoes a little further up the yard are doing great. They always do great in these little cutouts attached to the deck. And enough rain that no varmints are chewing into the stems. I have sealed up the holes a bit, so maybe there are no chipmunk caves there this year.
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| Tomatoes |
The only disappointment with the tomatoes is that almost all of them are black cherry. I mean, those are good, but so is variety. They seemed to be hit less by critters - perhaps the critters couldn't keep up with the abundance. One black cherry produces 750 million tomatoes, while I only get a few from like a mortgage lifter. And the varmints get them before I do.
One task that I did do today was to cut some cloth strips and tie up the tomatoes I put in buckets in the back yard. These guys are doing even better than the front yard ones, which is most unusual!
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| Back yard. No cukes here this year. |
Hot peppers are growing. Leaves are getting eaten a bit. Maybe slugs? Perhaps I should put out a beer trap for them.
Basil needs to be thinned. Seems to be doing ok. Chick peas are growing nicely. Hopefully the deer never find them. I've eaten a few pea pods. Num.
