05/08/12: Six cucumbers; four tomatoes; two eggplants; seven yellow squash; two yellow zucchini; one green zucchini; one pan squash.


I had to pull the tomatoes early because of the pill bugs. Hopefully, the rest of the crop will be okay. I'm trying beer before going with Sevin Dust. I hate using poisons.

How does drinking beer get rid of pill bugs?

You don't drink it, you put it in bowls or pie pans and leave it over night. Thus far, I only have about 10 dead bugs.

Why on earth would you waste good beer like that?

Because a family friend said it would work. You know I don't drink. It was Miller Lite...is that good beer? If it is, you can come get some out of the pie tins. There might be some bug larvae, and/or carcasses, in some of them.

What causes the lower leaves on my tomatoe plant to turn yellow?

Too much water, too little water, bugs, lack of nitrogen or calcium, etc. Are they curling or just turning yellow?

you're good then. It's good to know Miller Lite is good for something!!

My garden is loaded with lady bugs this year. Just killed my first horn worm.



Today's harvest, first tomatoes for the year. Super sweet cherry.

About the same with me. I just picked my first half dozen celeberties, and found a hornworm while doing so.

Pic of the garden before the rain. I'm definitely going to put in more mushroom compost in the fall.

How or what to use to get rid of the horn worm from the tomatoe plants?

Two fingers and a foot.

Or Thuricide. Google it!