Holy mother...I just put the ladybugs out like the instructions said, at night, it literally took them about a minute to start eating the aphids. I'm impressed! Who knew that cute little ladybugs were so murderous. R.I.P. aphid scum.

Die Baby Die

Ladybugs arrived today. All aphids must die. Pictures of the carnage later. Godspeed little ladybugs.

Aphids

So not alot new going on. Squash are blossoming, beans are about 8 inches tall, cucumber bush is about 6 inches tall, and all of the tomato plants have tomatoes. The sweet 100 tomato also has an infestatin of aphids as seen above...hiss! Worry not, ladybugs are on the way and I'm sure they'll be hungry by the time they get here. Mitz's not too happy about the ladybugs but being the loving wife she is she's going to let me store them in the fridge. Hopefully they'll work out and devour the little sap suckers! Also the carrots have sprouted, but they seem to be growming very slowly.

Tiny Toms

I know what you're asking yourself...how do I achieve the lifestyle you live Jacob? I want to get excited and blog about tomatoes on a Friday night. Today I noticed the first tomatoes on my plants...proud moment for a gardener. The tomatoes are on the cherry tomato plant. Those tomatoes don't grow to large so hopefully they'll be ready to eat pretty soon. That's Mitzi's hand on the tomatoes. I told her to keep her damn dirty hands off my fruit! Also, not in my garden, but growing at our house...Asiatic lilies! Here's a pic...ooooo.pretty!

These two wanted on the blog. They're jealous, or maybe exicted about all the fresh dropped vegetables they'll no doubt be chomping on. Here ya go turds...you're on the blog!

Slowly but Surely

Slowly but surely things are growming and blooming. We've had a lot of rain the past couple of weeks and I'm a little worried about leaf spot with my tomatoes. Leaf spot is a bacterial infection that causes yellowing and bronzing of the tomato leafs. Hopefully they don't have it and if they do hopefully it won't kill the plant...maybe just slow it down a bit. The beans are now about 3 inches tall and getting close to the trellis. The one cucumber seed that actually sprouted is also about 3 inches tall. I'm anxious to see how it grows; it's a bush variety and I don't have any experience with those. The squash are doing great with the first squash blossom of the year popping up.

Recipe From the Garden

We just ate our first meal with something from the garden. Basil Burgers. Here's a recipe for you.
1 lb. ground beef
1 egg beaten
1/4 cup fresh chopped basil (must be fresh)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/8 cup Dale's Steak Sauce
Mix. Pat into burgers. Grill. Eat. Enjoy. We had ours with grilled asparagus. Yum.