I don't care if I turn the AC on in the afternoon now. At night when it cools off, we turn it off and open the house so sleeping is excellent with the sound of whippoorwills calling and frogs croaking at my ponds. Last night there was one frog really singing for his lady. How these tiny frogs can make so much noise is beyond me, but I love listening to them and the occasional owl. When it gets hot and I have to run the AC all night, I will really miss my nighttime friends.
I mixed up some Sevin spray and got after my garden today. With the rain washing the insecticide off and plants getting on the ground, bugs can really have easy access. I killed about a dozen cucumber beetles on three zucchini plants (none were on any of my other squash or melons). However, I had squash bugs spread around on cucumbers, yellow squash, and spaghetti squash. I killed half a dozen of them. I will have to pick sugar snap peas tomorrow, so I didn't spray them or my onions. However, my beans, blackeyes, tomatoes, peppers, and cucurbits all got sprayed. I also pulled about 10 thumb sized green onions. I love fresh green onions chopped into my salads, beans, soup, and even by themselves with a shaker of salt-substitute since salt is forbidden in my diet. Aren't green onions a redneck breath mint?
Oh yes, almost forgot. My 42" tall by 328' roll of garden trellis netting was delivered by FedEx today. I'll be getting it put up soon for my tomatoes. I have plenty of t-posts and string for support.
