tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956447.post112352786582593896..comments2023-06-24T04:54:56.706-04:00Comments on Hands In The Dirt: i know youDonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348048990003701953noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956447.post-1124123535285106102005-08-15T12:32:00.000-04:002005-08-15T12:32:00.000-04:00rob -- welcome back from vacation. Too bad about ...rob -- welcome back from vacation. Too bad about your tomatoes. Did you plant them in the same ground as previous years? Sometimes there is a bacteria or fungi in the dirt after a few years. It's best to rotate the tomatoes so that they are not planted in the same dirt each year.<BR/><BR/>I don't know about pumpkin borers (or evidently how to spell pumpkin). I think the j. beetles are winding down in their horrid devastation for this year.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348048990003701953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956447.post-1123886760267856012005-08-12T18:46:00.000-04:002005-08-12T18:46:00.000-04:00I enjoyed catching up on your blog again--ready a...I enjoyed catching up on your blog again--ready about Scotty running, books and bookstores, and--of course--your garden.<BR/><BR/>I did a count of beetles tonight on a quick pass through the garden, and I collected 92. I had made another more thorough pass earlier in the day, so I am sure there are still hundreds of beetle happily feeding on my plants each day. I'll sure be happy when they are through.<BR/><BR/>My pumpkins are suffering from borers. What do you do for them?<BR/><BR/>And alot of my tomatoes succumbed to yellow leaves that turned brown and then eventually the plant died. I didn't spray at all this year, so I guess that's the result.<BR/><BR/>I think I should've stayed on vacation a little longer...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956447.post-1123607665152913682005-08-09T13:14:00.000-04:002005-08-09T13:14:00.000-04:00Shelley -- that is a perfect description of how I ...Shelley -- that is a perfect description of how I experience gardening. I am often careful in how I describe that because I try not to talk about gardening in mystical terms, but you capture it.<BR/><BR/>And yes, the aches are quickly forgotten.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348048990003701953noreply@blogger.com