cleanup

Composted all my Cauliflower plants today. It's way too hot for them now. They used to be on the left, here.

I've planted in their space more Green Beans. Left the Broccoli in, there at center, as I still think I might get a few more heads- but that's probably wishful thinking. On the far right are the Peas, still providing fresh kid snacks!

 and the tall plants through the back with tiny white flowers are the Cilantro. Some have started to make seed.

Acted drastically on my Rhubarb patch. First I took out all the browned and damaged leaves, being careful to pull and twist them from the base, not cut- any stump of stem left in could rot to the crown. Then I gathered up all the leaf litter and mulch, to take a closer look at the plants.

They look so much better already, all cleaned up! But I'm afraid too many stalks have been removed- each plant lost at least one, the two on right three or four. And on closer inspection, it looks like the center has rotted out of this one.

I'm afraid it's going to die, or at least not revive after winter. I think I planted them too low in the ground, so the crowns aren't staying dry enough. After giving them a feeding of compost, I watered carefully, pouring it on slow around on the soil a distance away from the center. But the water all ran in and collected at the crowns. So maybe my problem is rotted crowns. I don't know if I can save them. It would probably shock them too much to dig up and move, now in the heat of summer.

Last night I put out beer traps near all the plants that have holes eaten in them. I was surprised to find this morning that I hadn't caught a single slug, but lots of little tiny, round brown bugs

I tried to take a picture but they're so small its very hard. I don't know what they are or if they're what's eating my plants. They were on the Rhubarb, Green Beans and Swiss Chard. I wonder if they're everywhere.