Insects Galore!!
Wow, I have never had as many insect problems before during this time of year. The flea beetles have been all over my new broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower transplants. I had to spray them with sevin two times. I also was having problems with cabbage worms, so I also had to spray them with BT two times as well. I think I have finally beaten those insects......for now. I also had a large number of beetles on my green beans, which I also had to spray twice with sevin.
The weather has been very hot and it continues very dry. Indianapolis is "officially" just over 7 inches of rainfall below average since April 1. I say officially because I think my garden has received much less rainfall. Needles to say we are in a moderate to severe drought in the area. Temperatures have been in the 90's the last 3 days. I have been watering certain plots in my garden on a daily basis, especially my carrots, which have just begun to germinate. I have lettuce seedlings growing under my covered back porch and they are even struggling to grow in all of the heat. I will not be planting them out into the garden until it cools down. At this rate it might not cool down until December. It has been a very challenging garden season so far. I hope we get at least some rain soon, but I am not holding my breath.
I have been harvesting the following from my garden over the past month or so: Peppers, tomatoes, and celery. I have not had any lettuce since about late July since it has been too hot. I will be harvesting green beans within the next few days.
Well, I must go do some watering now......of course!!!!
Happy Desert Gardening!
The weather has been very hot and it continues very dry. Indianapolis is "officially" just over 7 inches of rainfall below average since April 1. I say officially because I think my garden has received much less rainfall. Needles to say we are in a moderate to severe drought in the area. Temperatures have been in the 90's the last 3 days. I have been watering certain plots in my garden on a daily basis, especially my carrots, which have just begun to germinate. I have lettuce seedlings growing under my covered back porch and they are even struggling to grow in all of the heat. I will not be planting them out into the garden until it cools down. At this rate it might not cool down until December. It has been a very challenging garden season so far. I hope we get at least some rain soon, but I am not holding my breath.
I have been harvesting the following from my garden over the past month or so: Peppers, tomatoes, and celery. I have not had any lettuce since about late July since it has been too hot. I will be harvesting green beans within the next few days.
Well, I must go do some watering now......of course!!!!
Happy Desert Gardening!
posted by Tim B. | 5:05 PM
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