Nothing too exciting to report. Things are growing. It's cold here for spring! Figures that as soon as I get my tilapia, we start going back to low 70's for highs and low to mid 40's for lows! Past 3 years, we'd have already hit 90 several times and be well into summertime temps. Oh well, I'm sure it will get hot before I know it.
In the mean time, we are enjoying lots of strawberries - about 6-10 per day. At least those that aren't too chewed up by the bugs. The mystery bugs are roly-poly's - or at least some close relative of them. They are voracious, and my attempts at drowning them have no effect. They just climb up the leaves and the fruit to higher ground. The drowning method has worked on the ants, though, as they need to rescue their larvae. They get the hell out of there when the water gets high!
Photos below. We also had a banner year for irises in the pond.
Aquatic vegetation getting out of control already! But the irises are nice. Pond in the foreground, waterfall on the right (obscured), and the grow beds with PVC supports in the background.
Tomatoes (2), sweet pepper, and a bunch of broccoli about to start producing heads
The strawberry bin. I'm trying to tie up the berries to keep them up off the surface while I flood to keep the ants out.
yellow squash (2), leftover spinach, sweet peppers (2), tomato - will probably add another 2 tomatoes after the spinach has been harvested.
Some of the strawberries ripening
My enemies the rolly-poly's feasting on my berry!
Close up of some of the irises
1 comment:
I bet your fish would love those rolly-poly's :)
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