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- May 31, 2019
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- Sub-Tropical
So, I went out of town to see my college kids for Father's Day weekend. The whole week before and over the weekend our area was receiving buckets of rain. When I got back home I noticed my summer squash plants looke devastated. Approx. 90% of the leaves were either just gone or only had the skeleton remaining. I looked for critters, but only found 1 small green worm. So I'm not sure if all the rain possibly encouraged some sort of rot or if I just experienced an evil swarm of insects that ate everything and then took off. Now on to my tomatoes . I had around 30 tomatoes that were just getting ready to be picked. When I came back I found that every single tomatoe on every single bush was half eaten and either left on the bush or discarded on the ground. I did a little searching on the internet and found the culprit is most likely squirels. The cute little fuzzy puffs are known to eat tomatoes and are also known for the seeming malicious act of just taking a few bites out of each just to ruin them all! I'd be angry, but I respect the guile, the cunning, and the effort. It's like that guys who bites donuts and puts them back. On the bright side, I did get a little payback. Apparently he, she , or they tried to move onto my jalapenos . Only one jalapeno was bitten. I can just picture him taking a big ole bite and running of into the night with his mouth ablaze. Needless to say, all my pepper plants are doing great. Maybe they assosiate the pepper smell with sweltering, burning discomfort. So my new plan for now is to replant a bunch of pepper plants and just trade with other gardeners for other veggies. Next year I'll invest in some sort of netting. Man I was really looking foreword to those tomatoes.