That's awesome!!!!!

I had one similar to that and it was like a zucchini/spaghetti squash hybrid...VERY good...If that's what it is, they take longer than the other squash to mature, usually about 20 days...

Friend or foe

I don't know, but it looks like it belongs to the beetle family and those are not good for vegetable plants...

Was it me, or were there more ladybugs around this year than in any I can remember?

In the last few days, I've seen of few of the no-good yellow looking lady-bugs. They'll be dying though.

I've had a BOAT load of lady bugs...First time it's been this way since 2007...We had them EVERYWHERE including the house that year...They've stayed in the garden this year...

Any one up in here? If so I got a question about okra. My first time trying them and not real sure when to pick them.
Thanks for the help!

Okra is usually ready when it's 2 - 4 inches long...Some varieties are okay longer, but the majority get too difficult to eat when they are longer...Be prepared to pick okra everyday...Oh and take a knife or pair of scissors to cut it from the plant...You may need to wear gloves as well depending on the variety and if it makes you itch or not...

Thanks LSS. 1st go around and learning as it happens.

One more thing, Edge, watch the flowers when you're picking...You might see a bumblebee instead of your more friendly honey bee...Bumblebees can sting more than once...NOT a pleasant experience...

FOE...get a bottle of Seven at your local Home Depot/nursery, then remember to wash everything before you eat it.

Starting to get some New Mexico Big Jim's anybody ever heard of them? Are they hot? Hope so....

The first pic shows how my sweet 100 is starting to turn brown from the bottom up. The top half still looks great and it's still putting off little maters but if this keeps up I'm afraid the whole plant will die before I harvest. Thoughts?

Second pic is of my cuke. Went out this kiting and it's got those white spots all over it. Thoughts?

Good news bad news thing. There are little wolf/jumping spiders eating those foe beetles I showed you. Spiders good beetles bad

The spots on the cucumber leaves look like those that happen after putting out Sevin dust or when fertilizer hits the leaves...

The tomatoes aren't getting either enough water or nitrogen...Or it could be getting wind burned...I've got some that are having the same issue because of the southerly winds...I can block the winds from the north, but the south winds are just a PITA....

Got my garden in a little late but everything seems to be going well. In the last week I have had an invasion of grasshoppers. These things are tiny but there are 100's of them. They have eat the tops of my leftover radishes and are now working on my okra and pea plants. Put sevin dust out today , but the directions did not list grasshoppers as one of the insects it controls. Anyone have any suggestions if the sevin does not work? THANKS!