My Community Garden Plots Update for the Beginning of July

Hello, and welcome to the garden!

I probably should have written this post a few days ago, but I've been distracted a lot lately. These are my garden plots at the local community garden at the beginning of July. I took these pictures on July 4.

The first picture is a look through the garden gate by my 2 plots. In the front of the picture are the potato plants. At the far end of the garden, you can see the sweet corn growing. The 2 plots that I have are connected together, so it looks like one big plot.

Here's a better look at the rows of potato plants. That tangle of hoses that you see in the picture is for my watering system for the rows. Each row has it's own sprinkler pipe, and they're all connected together so that I can water all the rows at the same time. The rows of potatoes fill most of one of the plots.

Here's a better look at the sweet corn that's growing in the second plot. You can also see the triple row of bean plants. These are a variety of dry black beans. They're a bush type plant so there's no need for a trellis.

These are my Delicata squash plants that I started from seeds in the house and then transplanted into the garden. These plants are planted in the middle of the garden where the 2 plots join. It has taken them a long time to adjust to being put out into the garden, but they're finally starting to grow now. The small plant in the foreground is a late starter, so it's just starting to adjust to being transplanted in the garden.

Over the past couple of days, I discovered that several of the potato plants have Colorado Potato beetle larvae on them. I've been inspecting the plants and squashing all of the larvae that I find on the plants. I hope I can keep up with the infestation, because the larvae can be quite destructive to the plants, and that will reduce the growth of the potatoes. I may end up having to get some BT powder or an organic type poison to kill the larvae if they start getting bad.

Well, that's all I have for this post, thanks for stopping by to check it out!