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Backyard planting update and cucumber beetles

Posted on by annabel
03
Jun

Here’s an update on the veggies growing in the backyard. We have a slight infestation of cucumber beetles. Every morning and evening, I go out and kill these by the dozen and we have sticky traps out to try to catch them. They are so devastating to the cukes and squash, but hopefully they will survive the attack. Also, tomatoes are coming along nicely, despite a couple getting eaten by some unwelcome 4-legged critter (deer, perhaps?).

Update of the transplants - squash, cukes and toms
Update of the transplants – squash, cukes and toms
Zucchini devastated by cucumber beetles
Zucchini devastated by cucumber beetles
Close up of the sticky trap. The yellow and black striped beetles are the target.
Close up of the sticky trap. The yellow and black striped beetles are the target.
Tomatoes flowering
Tomatoes flowering