More rain.... and bugs!

My garden has been watered again overnight. Another 15mm in the rain gauge this morning :-)

I have found a lot of grasshoppers in my veggie patch lately....
and my brassicas have been visited by many cabbage moths....
which leads to lots of these fellows!

There are good bugs too. Lots of these Transverse ladybirds which are predators of soft-bodied insects such as aphids.and Fungus-eating Ladybirds which feed on fungus & black mold.
The eggplant bushes show bug damage, but are flowering and starting to produce fruit :-)
The gardenia bush is starting to flower

Have a great day.

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BevB

Growing Challenge #2

Growing Challenge -
Grow one additional type of fruit or vegetable than you did last year, and grow it from seed.

The carrots don't seem any bigger than they were over a week ago.

The corn is coming along nicely.....and so are the potatoes

Since taking the photo above, I have hilled the bed up with more straw.

Two sweet potato plants have suddenly appeared in the bath tub experiment.

We received another 41mm of rain last night.

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BevB