Comments on: Weekend Gardening: Squash, Cucumber, and Pumpkin Pests http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/08/15/weekend-gardening-squash-cucumber-and-pumpkin-pests/ making life delicious blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: A&N http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/08/15/weekend-gardening-squash-cucumber-and-pumpkin-pests/#comment-12857 A&N Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:03:35 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2470#comment-12857 Oh, I love your garden, Andrea! :) Read your piece on DC Moms. Am glad it all turned out well for you! Oh, I love your garden, Andrea! :) Read your piece on DC Moms. Am glad it all turned out well for you!

]]> By: Andrea http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/08/15/weekend-gardening-squash-cucumber-and-pumpkin-pests/#comment-12853 Andrea Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:17:04 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2470#comment-12853 Chris, we managed to get off without slugs or even tomato hornworms this year, which is fine by us since the rest of the pests have had us at our wits end. TexasDeb, I feel for you. We had drought two summers ago with watering restrictions and didn't get much out of the garden. Hopefully you'll have better weather next year. Can you grow in the winter? Chris, we managed to get off without slugs or even tomato hornworms this year, which is fine by us since the rest of the pests have had us at our wits end.

TexasDeb, I feel for you. We had drought two summers ago with watering restrictions and didn’t get much out of the garden. Hopefully you’ll have better weather next year. Can you grow in the winter?

]]> By: TexasDeb http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/08/15/weekend-gardening-squash-cucumber-and-pumpkin-pests/#comment-12852 TexasDeb Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:51:10 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2470#comment-12852 This has been a particularly tough year for growing food. Oddly enough, though we have had weather the opposite of yours (way too hot and dry), the pest infestations remain the same. At this point only the bats and birds are happy. Most gardeners in these parts are in hospice mode with watering restrictions, laughing at nursery plant sales (no plant is inexpensive enough to buy and allow to die for lack of available water) and looking out the window as the garden fades to yellows and browns. Next year! This has been a particularly tough year for growing food. Oddly enough, though we have had weather the opposite of yours (way too hot and dry), the pest infestations remain the same. At this point only the bats and birds are happy. Most gardeners in these parts are in hospice mode with watering restrictions, laughing at nursery plant sales (no plant is inexpensive enough to buy and allow to die for lack of available water) and looking out the window as the garden fades to yellows and browns. Next year!

]]> By: Chris http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/08/15/weekend-gardening-squash-cucumber-and-pumpkin-pests/#comment-12851 Chris Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:42:35 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2470#comment-12851 Very informative stuff about garden raiders, I didn't know that. Our biggest problem this year was snails targeting my basil. I haven't had a problem since moving the basil to my back deck in a window box. Very informative stuff about garden raiders, I didn’t know that. Our biggest problem this year was snails targeting my basil. I haven’t had a problem since moving the basil to my back deck in a window box.

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