Sunday, July 12, 2009

County fair



We visited the county fair this past weekend. We told the kids they had to pay their 'Mom dues' (visiting the booths and animals) first. When that was finished Owen told us we had to pay the 'kid dues' now. So we bought some tickets and the kids had a bit of fun.



Our kitty is adapting to the household. She tries desperately to play with our two fat older cats, who will have none of it. They tolerate her as best they can. She leaps upon their backs and they scurry away, swatting her with their paws. She regroups and prepares for another attack. Every once in awhile, very rarely, she settles down for a nap.


I spent a few hours weeding the garden yesterday. I finished the corn, beans, late potatoes and pumpkins. My peppers are struggling to thrive. I've never done well with peppers, or cucumbers for that matter. The snap peas are fading and I am leaving the rest of the pods alone to ripen for seed. I now have several green tomatoes, but nothing ripe yet.

And I am mourning my brussels sprouts, which have indeed become infested with cabbage worms, despite my efforts with the floating row cover. I squished over sixty of the little green buggers from just one plant, and decided my time was better spent elsewhere. I've decided to order some Bt (a 'natural' pest control) but it may already be too late. I need to devise a floating row cover that will allow for the tall growth of brussels sprouts. Either that, or build a greenhouse ...


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The squirrels keep stealing my peppers. So far, they've left the tomatoes be.

Lori

Karen said...

I only have lots of green cherry tomatos! Plus, oodles of flowers which always brightens my day!!! I think you guys have been getting all of our rain cuz everything is brown over here, except those areas with automatic sprinkler systems. I should have been a farmer's wife for as much as I stress out over strangers' crops!!

Jo said...

Are they hot peppers? That might be a nasty surprise for Mr. Squirrel.

We are certainly getting our share of rain. I haven't had to water anything since May. And you still could be a farmer's wife - Phill would make a great farmer! Ok, maybe not ...