Eggplant can be a magnet for hungry garden pests, and one of the more frustrating is the corn earworm. I recently experienced some pest damage on a growing eggplant fruit in my garden, and after some research concluded it was most likely caused by something called the corn earworm. Despite its name, this caterpillar doesn't ...
Read More | Just VeggiesEarwigs have been devastating my vegetable garden this year. They’ve been running rampant in my garden and yard for a few years now, but this summer I finally had confirmation that earwigs were the culprit of some pretty darn-awful chewing damage on the leaves of nearly every purposefully grown plant (i.e. everything but the weeds) ...
Read More | Just VeggiesCucurbit Downy Mildew has been spotted in New Hampshire. That’s the announcement that came into my inbox earlier this week from the University of Massachusetts Extension Program. Not really knowing what Cucurbit Downy Mildew is compared to other mildews that might strike my cucumbers and other crops in the cucurbit family, I decided to investigate. ...
Read More | Just VeggiesJapanese beetles are devastating my veggies. Not surprising, really, since I did have a severe outbreak of grubs—from which Japanese beetles develop—in my vegetable garden’s soil over the last two months. The grubs (the larval form of the beetle) have now grown up, emerged from the ground and become the devastating chewers that they are. ...
Read More | Just VeggiesRoot maggots and turnips—or root maggots and anything you’re about to eat—are not words that should go together. I have had very little experience in growing turnips, with just one previous crop of pure-white turnips that were meant to be harvested quite young, about an inch in diameter. I guess I pulled that crop before ...
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