As of right now, all of our raised beds are full of beautiful plants. All the tomatoes and peppers are in the ground. Everything has taken off- we already have support systems established on our early tomato plants, and all of the row covers have been taken off. I spoke about planting the cucumbers under covered row a few posts ago, and now I found out a little more about why we did that. Cucumber beetles are pretty invasive, and lay their eggs at the base of the plants. When the eggs hatch, they eat everthing in site from the bottom up, spreading all sorts of disease to the plants. So, I am learning, that in organic gardening, you have to take some special steps to keep the bugs away. I mean, there are some great bugs out there- lady bugs, bees, ect. I joke about the good, bad, and the ugly of the farm, but the good bugs really do set themselves apart from the bad ones. Good bugs typically are up early in the morning being helpful. You can picture cute bugs sort of fluttering around and smiling as the plants glisten in the morning dew (or any other cheesy imagery of your choice). The bad bugs eat more at night until dawn. I really can picture this- fat lazy bugs eating the plants greedily, shielding themselves from any sort of light. We have had some trouble with flea beetles on our eggplant- which is disappointing because unlike some people that plant eggplant only to be a decoy to attract the bad bugs, we actually wanted to eat them. So, bugs.

Coming soon…. RECIPES! CORN! PLANT PICTURES! STAY TUNED!!!