More Stink Bugs

Today I made a cover of nylon netting to cover the tomatoes.

 I made one for the new Sun Gold tomato, too.


 

We've been finding stink bugs on our corn, which has been looking good.  So far we have seven ears.  We're doing patrols several times a day.  Now that we know what to look for, we've found them in all stages, including hatching eggs.  

Stink Bugs

Today I noticed a couple of stink bugs on the nectarines.  I looked at others, and it seems they have all been damaged.  Every one has tiny strands of sticky stuff oozing out of them.  I'm leaving them for now, but I suspect we won't have any nectarines this year.

I did some research and found a website that lists all the crops that are at high risk of stink bug damage.  It's pretty much everything I grow.  Maybe not greens and carrots, and there was no mention of squash or peas.  So my plan now is to protect the tomatoes with netting.  The beans will have to be on their own.  I haven't seen any stink bugs on either the tomatoes or beans, but I have seen them on the corn.  By the way, so far we have seven ears coming. 

More Projects

We've spiffied up the area around our front entrance.  We put up a short trellis, covered the ugly white drain pipe with a wooden box and then put a big pot with a hosta on top.  We also put down some pea gravel against the house, and finally I moved a tiny hosta from the back yard to the front.

In the back yard I put down a row of concrete edging along the concrete path to replace some plastic edging, which didn't work well.

Today I also planted my 'On Deck' corn in a big plastic pot.  Nine seeds total in the pot.  We'll see...