Garden Insects Good, Bad, and Ugly

I don't spray pesticides in my garden.  My first year of vegetable gardening, I used Sevin powder and the supposedly organic stuff made

August Harvests Camera Roll

The garden is usually a solitary thing for me.  When I go out to it and weed, plant, water, and harvest, I am usually alone.  A few times this

Late Summer Garden Status

The garden in mid-August is a mix of harvest victories, new growth, and hungry weeds.  Cucumbers and winter squash are sprawling out of

This Week's Harvests

Here's a visual run-down of what the garden has produced in the past week.  Of note above are the small carrots - these were accidentally

Dodder, the Vampire Plant

 Earlier in the summer, I noticed an odd orange vine growing amongst my carrots.  I pulled it out and didn't think much about it.  Things