A Tuesday. I must say that I'm quite surprised that the weather is not warmer than it is. We are still getting typical low 60's during the days, and low to mid 40's at night. The way the rest of the seasons were coming in 3-4 weeks early for the past year, I thought for sure warm weather would come in with the very beginnings of Spring if not sooner. Granted, I like cool weather and I am a *big* fan of rain, but my summer crops are not so happy with lower temperatures and therefore, I'd like a little more warmth please, Mother Nature. K? Thanks!
Meanwhile, my green beans are sprouting like crazy! Some of them have not broken ground, but they are under there as my pots have little dirt tents in them where the sprouts are vigorously pushing up from below. I haven't counted how many there are since last week when I counted 35-ish, but there are more now and they are happy with real leaves. I'll try to remember to take pictures tomorrow.
Something is eating my plants - and I'm not happy. My rosebush finally bloomed and it's brought along too many aphids. I found my pepper seedling from the plant sale looked a bit peaked the other day and when I checked - aphids. There was one lone ladybug in my grass - I left her be since she was near the rosebush and probably full from feeding. I need to figure a way to attract more and help eat them all that aren't effected by the Neem oil I sprayed. And as much as I hate snail bait, I may need to pick some up for my slugs. My backyard has been bare of slugs & snails for the past 2+ years but with the vegetation picking up slowly but surely, slugs have increased and snails moved into my geraniums out front. I have a mad hatred for snails, and slugs are just sneaky no-shell wearing versions of snails.
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