Wed, 30 May 2007

Summer Has Arrived
Well, it has finally happened. I got a headache from being out in the heat too long today. I almost made it through the entire month of May! My crew and I are finishing up most of our plantings for the spring, and we are starting to have a lighter work load, which is typical of my business at this time of year. We have had ALOT of rain and all of our plantings are thriving. The humiditiy is bringing in alot of problems, though, like powdery mildew on squash. Other problems are brought on by high humidity too: all kinds of fungal infections on leaves and in roots, mite infestations, scale infestations and slugs and snails. I have seen more mite infestations this year than ever before. I don't mind snails and slugs so much but this year I used a slug bait at one customer's home where the slugs were eating alot. The bait is called (I'm not kidding) Sluggo! I will let you know if it works. It's organic, of course.


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