plants – Faith's Farm

Early Garden

ByFaith 06Apr2103Jul23

I love planning the garden, buying the seeds or starts, and planting the garden. Seeing the first few plants break the ground is always a comfort to me. Mint is growing everywhere, onions are popping up, potatoes are breaking through, and the grass can’t stop the asparagus spears. Early garden plants are wonderful.

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Potato Beetles, Residual Herbicide, and Blister Beetles

ByFaith 20Jun1403Jul23

It’s a 1-2-3 punch for this year’s potato plants. My poor potatoes. They looked so beautiful when they first came up. Then they seemed to be struggling. They had curled leaves and were generally scraggly plants. Then the Colorado Potato Beetle arrived. The CPB laid eggs which hatched into pink slugs that tried to eat…