GARDENING WOES

 

Gardening is getting to be “the thing” around here lately. Take, for example, Jared’s “garden.” He has planted tomatoes… POPCORN? and cantaloupe, in various cans and steri milk bottles, all of which sprouted. Jared and I have our own little plot in the main garden growing cucumber, zucchini, basil, and cantaloupe.  Our garden has lately become a fast-food joint for bugs and grasshoppers. It started with a few bites on the beans, and then the buggies realized there were other rare         delicacies within the vicinity. The little gluttons gobbled up all the beans, Jared’s and my cantaloupe, the radishes, and the lettuce. Real annoying little pigs. We got Guard Dust, but it didn’t help much. We then got Sevin Dust, and it’s… well, we haven’t really tried it yet. About the only thing we’ve harvested yet, thanks to our dear friends the bugs, is radishes and lettuce. Our corn is the most pathetic I’ve ever seen, since we didn’t use fertilizer. We’ve got 2-foot corn with no tassels, and 6-8 inch corn with tassels. As you can see, we’re pretty poor farmers. So much for gardens! J 

Matthew