Kerry’s Garden

I am guessing that 2005 will be known as the year of the great berry harvest here. So far… I have picked almost 36 lbs of blackberries from 6 vines and there could be another 3 lbs on there yet. The raspberries are up to about 3/4 lb every 24 hours and haven’t even really [...]

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After work today I came home and took some really pretty pictures (I thought) of the ripe raspberries and the zinnias. I didn’t check them till now, almost 10 pm, after the raspberries have been picked and frozen and long after the sun has set. As it turns out none of them turned out, all [...]

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I was talking with someone via email this morning about ticks and ways to control them. Not long ago while browsing the net I ran into Chicken Tractors. Basically CTs are small to medium movable chicken pens. They can be elaborate or inexpensive depending on your budget. I know when we used to have chickens [...]

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On my daily walk through the garden I took a closer look at my remaining zucchini vines. All but the youngest (in another section of the garden) had evidence of squash vine borer infestation. This is what the larva looks like. Not a great picture but you get the idea. It is an immature form [...]

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Yesterday I removed several zucchini vines that had Squash Vine Borer larvae in them. They were some of the early plantings so I pulled them and disposed of them in the trash. Today I found 3 more small plants with SVB and trashed those too. I could have treated them by injecting some Bt into [...]

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The Japanese Beetles are here in full force. They are on many of my ornamentals but seem to prefer the sassafras and blackberries. Fortunately, we have 3 very large sassafras trees in the yard. They seem to be congregating there more than anywhere else. That is probably what is saving a lot of my other [...]

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The Heritage raspberries are in full bloom. Out bumble bee friends are doing their job nicely, even during the light rain. I’ve noticed some raspberry cane borers on my raspberries. I tried to get a pic of one but when I loaded them on the puter they were blurry so only a damage pic right [...]

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