Well, perhaps the biggest thing is that most everything is growing well, and the pests, disease, and weeds are pretty minimal. The hot, dry weather has kept the weed count to a minimum. The cucumber beetles are now relatively few and far between. There are some cabbage loopers doing damage in the few cauliflower plants, but the broccoli crop came up and was harvested last week before they could do much damage there. I discovered squash bugs and their tiny golden eggs in the pumpkin plants last week. But I squished all I could find, and this morning a group of campers and I were looking for more, but they were few and far between. A great sign!
The lettuce, spinach, and radishes are all harvested, and we are planting another succession of these this week. The string beans (bush type) are in flower, and I think we will start picking next week. Likewise with the tomatoes, which are beginning to form fruit and I believe some of the cherry and grape varieties should be ready to start harvesting next week.
We are badly in need of mulch and compost. We have run out of composted horse-manure and some of the crops (the corn especially) could use a strong dose of top-dressed compost. Our soil, being primarily clay, holds water well, but with the dry summer we have had, a mulch layer of sea weed could be extremely beneficial. If any of you out there have these as spare resources, they would be welcomed in the Ketcha Garden.
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