What did you do in the garden today?

[Hinotori]

I had a bad feeling about the weather starting on Friday, so I cut all of my lemongrass and lemon verbena to the soil and dried them.

It hit 29 last night. Experience tells me that would have killed them. So Im very glad.

I can't get them to overwinter inside so I treat them as annuals.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

It hit 29 last night.

Our lows are still in the 70's. I'm over it - but have to admit that 29 is not where I want to be either! Smart move on your part to go ahead and harvest!

 

[Britesea]

Time for me to harvest my lemon verbena too. I managed to keep it alive for a little longer by moving the pot to the greenhouse, but it won't last much longer.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Dug purple sweet potatoes. Reasonable harvest for this climate. Now, to figure out how to cure and store them. Still to go: 2 rows of potatoes, plus some extras that were tucked here and there. Onions, chard, squash, a couple zucchini, and a pile of tomatoes. My back is singing a song of lament right now. Expect a killing frost tonight.

 

[flowerbug]

put some gardens to sleep for the winter and picked some dry beans to get that garden ready for being weeded and put up too. more to do. busy day. sleepy. good night.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Destroyed a tomato hornworm that decimated my last tomato plant...

 

[Mini Horses]

I hate those things. They can wipe out a huge plant in a day or so if not seen/found. Don't they glow at night?? Maybe a light on them or ??? Thought I read that somewhere.

 

[flowerbug]

I hate those things. They can wipe out a huge plant in a day or so if not seen/found. Don't they glow at night?? Maybe a light on them or ??? Thought I read that somewhere.

i find them best by checking early in the morning and looking for the droppings below the plants. we only had a few this season and they were much later than usual in appearing.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

This is the first one I've had this year! The plant was beautiful yesterday and covered with blooms. Sigh....

I would loved to have found it this morning - but work beckoned.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

They will glow at night if you use a black light.