I planted 5 more rows of corn on the 24th of July. I call this last planting the pioneer corn due to the fact that the Mormon pioneers planted corn and potatoes on the 24th of July in 1847 when they arrived in Salt Lake Valley. It is true that the variety of sweet corn (Ambrosia) that I plant has a much shorter growing time than the field variety they had, but I have been doing this for the last 20 years or so.
With the last planting of corn the garden is completely planted for this year. I forgot to mention in last weeks post that I replanted zucchini in all of the hills of squash and melons that did not germinate or had died back. Zucchini is about the only thing that will produce this late in the growing season and the goats love it.
The squash bugs are giving me a good run for my money. I am finding eggs on the underside of the leaves. The best way to control them is to pick them off and , well, squash them, adult and eggs. The adults can fly so it is a never ending battle. These are what some people call stink bugs and you will know why they have that name if you squash them, The pointer finger and thumb work well for dispatching them. They don't do much damage on their own, but they transmit a virus that will kill the squash vine when they suck the fluid out of the plant.
New potatoes.
