No matter how long I garden, I seem to learn something new every day. Okra has flowers. Aphids are a different color, depending which plant they are on. Flies can eat a tomato hollow (I won’t share the pictures of those last two). Squash come in so many different shapes and colors. As do peppers.
There are at least 9 different types of bees in my yard, although I think a couple of them are flies, or wasps, and I’ve seen 4 different types of obvious wasps. Corn will mature even if it’s lying flat on the ground (one of those, ahem, accidental discoveries). Bush beans aren’t, really. Blight moves through a tomato patch like wildfire.
What fascinated you in the garden this year?
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Day 321
Allium cepa var. cepa
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Day 118
Brassica rapa (Rapa Group)
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[22.0 oz]
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Day 167
Solanum lycopersicum
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[28.0 oz]
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Day 111
Tomato- Mystery, probably Stupice Solanum lycopersicum
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Day 94
Solanum tuberosum
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Day 167
Solanum lycopersicum
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Day 95
Squash- Early Prolific Straightneck summer Cucurbita pepo
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Day 103
Anethum graveolens
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Day 167
Solanum lycopersicum
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Day 111
Corn- Sugar Pearl first sowing Zea mays
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[32.0 oz]
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Day 167
Solanum lycopersicum
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[98.0 oz]
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Day 167
Tomato- Goldman's Italian American Solanum lycopersicum
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[40.0 oz]
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Day 117
Daucus carota subsp. sativus
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Day 95
Cucumber- Pointsett (saved seed) Cucumis sativus
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Comments
redloon wrote:
I discovered the “corn ripening even when it’s lying on the ground” phenomenon this year too. :)
I’ve been darkly fascinated by how many destructive critters there are in my new garden (root knot nematodes, leaf footed bugs, stink bugs, squash vine borers, bean leaf-rollers, aphids, fire ants) but fortunately there are a lot of nifty predatory beneficials as well (lizards, frogs, dragonflies, assassin bugs, long-legged flies).
Other discoveries: It’s more pleasant to garden outside in the winter here than in the summer! Fewer pests, the Bermuda grass is dormant, I’m not in danger of heat stroke. But short days make it difficult to get out into the garden after work. I’m loving the diverse array of pollinators: bees, flies, wasps, butterflies, hummingbirds. Pineapple tomatillos are addictive! And I’m hooked on growing hot peppers in hot climates.
Posted on 05 Sep 11 (almost 2 years ago)
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