Aug 19th, 2011

Up & Down

by Jonah Holland

by Albert Brian Vick  Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator

Cukes are up and coming along nicely in the Lewis Ginter Community Kitchen Garden, aiming for a late September harvest. I saw an adorable little white moth flitting about. It’s likely to forecast cabbage worms. I tried to use the brute force organic method of control, but the adorable creature was too quick for me.

The Amaranth saga is over – for now, with our Palmer Amaranth toppled by a preemptive strike with the loppers, and now headed for the compost heap.

Marketmore 76 cucumbers are supposed to be disease resistant and good producers. Let's hope the plants will be resistant to squash bugs and cabbage loopers.

Marketmore 76 cucumbers are supposed to be disease resistant and good producers. Let's hope the plants will be resistant to squash bugs and cabbage loopers.

Turned out to be two plants. Robust specimens, but the CKG has no room for The Perfect Weed.

Turned out to be two plants. Robust specimens, but the CKG has no room for The Perfect Weed.

About Jonah Holland

Jonah Holland is Digital Content Manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, where she has worked for 14 years overseeing social media, the blog, and the website. She is also a mom, yogi, open water swimmer, gardener, and seeker. She's been known to go for a walk in the Garden and come back with hundreds of plant photos, completely inspired to write her next blog post.

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