tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post5456674871100073528..comments2024-03-17T20:56:22.962-04:00Comments on Hoe and Shovel: Painful Purging of the Squash PlantsMeemshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-66828681171382906492008-07-05T12:21:00.000-04:002008-07-05T12:21:00.000-04:00Hi! Have you checked your tomatoes for cutworms. I...Hi! Have you checked your tomatoes for cutworms. If this should be your culprit, the vine itself will have leaves eaten from it. The worm is a long green worm that is hard to see because of its natural camoflauge.DMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-23868119862048948252008-07-02T14:01:00.000-04:002008-07-02T14:01:00.000-04:00Dee: I know I can plant squash in the fall I'm jus...Dee: I know I can plant squash in the fall I'm just not sure which variety grows best then. I'll be doing some research before I plunge into it again. The plants look awful right now but keep sending out their last hoorah of veggies... picked another handful of beans this morning... I keep getting surprised.<BR/><BR/>sue: I guess that's true ... <EM>if it was easy everyone would do it.</EM> If itMeemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-48272425506669862392008-07-02T13:43:00.000-04:002008-07-02T13:43:00.000-04:00Sylvia: Yes, we DO call it summer and the very wor...Sylvia: Yes, we DO call it summer and the very word signifies to any Floridian about 4 months of humid high temps, lots of bugs, and lightning storms. Gardening in this climate can be a tad challenging considering the natural elements against us... but then again tropical weather allows for so many wonderful heat and humidity loving plants that you can only have in Zones above Zone 8. <BR/>The Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-76464582168710895502008-07-02T13:09:00.000-04:002008-07-02T13:09:00.000-04:00mjm: slicing up my own tomatoes became doubly sati...mjm: slicing up my own tomatoes became doubly satisfying when all the tomatoes were pulled from the grocer shelves. It was a little inconvenient when eating out but oh well ... not that big of a deal... now they don't even think it was the tomatoes... makes me feel really bad for all the farmers that lost their crops for nothing.<BR/><BR/>Gail: I have appreciated you keeping up with my first Meemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-46771156475562721782008-07-01T22:37:00.000-04:002008-07-01T22:37:00.000-04:00Meems, I've so enjoyed going on this new gardening...Meems, I've so enjoyed going on this new gardening adventure with you. <BR/><BR/>It sounds like you've got quite a set of challenges veggie gardening in your Florida climate. I admire your tenacity! There really is nothing else like growing your own vegetables. I miss it.<BR/><BR/>You've inspired me to consider taking my dear husband up on his offer to sacrifice a slice of prime lawn real garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-45180110938136365952008-07-01T19:27:00.000-04:002008-07-01T19:27:00.000-04:00I am so happy that your first veggie garden has le...I am so happy that your first veggie garden has led you to think you will do it again. It certainly has looked good to me and as you say it is so healthy eating ones own veggies.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-66128106950155239322008-07-01T14:59:00.000-04:002008-07-01T14:59:00.000-04:00I always dreamed that Florida would be a vegetable...I always dreamed that Florida would be a vegetable growing paradise. Now I find that the pests, heat and humidity can be just as great a challenge as the frosts back home. Oh well Meems, if it was easy, everyone would do it. I am impressed with what you have done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-78890306125821160342008-07-01T09:37:00.000-04:002008-07-01T09:37:00.000-04:00Sorry about the squash plants. Here, squash plant...Sorry about the squash plants. Here, squash planted later are less likely to be attached by vine borer and squash bugs. Maybe yours will too. Your veggies looks great though.~~DeeThe Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640870056010190961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-79347629225980914762008-07-01T08:25:00.000-04:002008-07-01T08:25:00.000-04:00I do enjoy your posts but I find your climate hard...I do enjoy your posts but I find your climate hard to understand! 100% humidity - no I can't imagine that. One of pleasure I have from reading gardening blogs is the differing climates and how each gardener copes with it.<BR/><BR/>Are there no edibles you can grow in Summer (do you call it Summer, it sounds too awful for that word!)? I assume from mjm's comment that you start again for the Sylvia (England)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658826538568918452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-65297586870184867832008-07-01T08:14:00.000-04:002008-07-01T08:14:00.000-04:00meeems,I have loved your vegetable garden adventu...meeems,<BR/><BR/>I have loved your vegetable garden adventures from your first post...on to your first tomatoes and now your putting it to bed. Gardening year round and gardening in such high temps and humidity sounds a challenge and you have proved to be up to it! This fall ought to be an exciting time in your vegetable garden.<BR/><BR/>The only vegetable that I ever planted were tomatoes Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3160717311376074400.post-73063934150862788322008-07-01T06:31:00.000-04:002008-07-01T06:31:00.000-04:00As always I am impressed. I have thought of you o...As always I am impressed. I have thought of you often these past few weeks as I have braved the tomato section at the store...knowing that you knew that your tomatoes were safe! Can't wait to see what the fall veggie garden holds.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00306886935043225767noreply@blogger.com