On 9/15/2010 8:49 PM, DogDiesel wrote:
Hello,

I'm hoping for some input. I'm pretty much done gardening this year. .
I've got a few tomatoes and peppers left. My eggplants did awesome. I'm
looking forward to next year already and my improvements. Here's my biggest
issue to overcome. I cant tell when my veggies are ready to be pulled. I
left the corn too long to the point the kernals got a little crinkly and
soft. The eggplants were lenient but should of been pulled. Some lettuce
bolted then I realized it was time. Some yellow tomatoes got real soft
last month. . I pulled some onion sets real early. Then lost the rest to
weeds mostly.

I've managed to get the weeds in check . The piles of hay and ground cover
actually worked really well. Ruth Stout wasn't full of crap. My work load
on weeds. was down about 75% .

Bug issues were not an issue . I only had bugs on fallen tomatoes. Flea
beetles early on the eggplants. And Japanese beetles were held in check by
sacrificing the grapes for the corn.

I have more trouble with ants in the house then bugs in the garden.



Ditto's with the ants but surrounding the house foundations with the ant
poisons got rid of them.

The current bug bothering us is the stink bug. Lower temperatures are
bringing them indoors where they hide until spring.