It feels like there is so little time in the garden. Most of my time is spent getting rid of the constantly returning weeds. I had to rush to plant both regular and red cabbage in lieu of carrots. I also rushed to fertilize everything, as I hadn't done so in two weeks and I felt that some of the plants were in great need of it. I am greatly concerned that my tomatoes are nearly parallel to the ground now. I attempt to support them against a pile of soil but that does not seem to work. However, squash and okra are coming in nicely. I came back Tuesday to do some more weeding and planted some sunflowers.
My squash is still suffering from white flies. I sprayed them on Monday with neem and performed another treatment Tuesday. Some of my beans seem as though something is consuming their leaves, so I treated that with BT. There are many ways to prevent the spread of pests and diseases. One such is to make the environment less favorable for the pathogen. Another is to use disease resistant crops. These are passive actions. We use active actions in the garden when we spray our plants with neem and BT.
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