When “Gan-Green Thumb” and I planted our garden this year, we knew that there would be problems, but we didn’t know that they would come so soon! As you know, at last report, things were going well, but sadly, there are injuries, and possible casualties, in our garden. Come view the sad evidence with us:The first thing that struck me was the condition of the grapevines. What on earth could have happened here:
“This looks like the work of Molly Hatchet, aka: ‘The Golden Marauder’!”
“I’d be willing to bet on it!”
“It looks like the Golden Marauder struck the raspberry bush, too! Absolutely diabolical!”
“I don’t think the Golden Marauder did this. It might be time to do a little spraying!”
Is anything going right in the garden? The lone blackberry bush, safely out of reach, seems to be doing okay:
They Old Coot’s experiments seem to be doing alright, too:
The strawberries and tomatoes are growing:
The corn and black-eyed peas have popped up, but I think that they were planted to far apart to qualify for “companion planting” (I never get anything right on the first try!). The marigolds are good and stinky, and hopefully will keep the Mexican bean beetle at bay:
The blueberries actually look like blueberries now:
Yet, the Golden Marauder continues to do her dastardly deeds. Here she is with some of her newest handiwork:
I have a feeling that if we actually were to have to live off of what we could grow, we might just starve to death!
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