Fertilizer Works!

Hello!

This week was so much fun I don’t even know where to begin! Last week I had to take a break from my garden due to the white supremacist, Richard Spencer, that we had on our campus. If you recall from two weeks ago, I laid down a lot of fertilizer as my plants seemed to be dying. Well fast forward two weeks, and a few rain showers and my garden seems to be doing so much better! My cabbage plants are no longer dying and have actually grown quite a bit. My tomato plants have been growing excellent! After pinching of their apical buds two weeks ago, they have bushed out and grown so much, in fact I even had to tie and reinforce them with more stakes and twine. I am so excited that I might even pick some early and fry myself up some nice fried green tomatoes!🍅 My eggplant has branched off and started growing another fruit as well. Meanwhile my poor snap beans were invaded by a caterpillar! He went to town on my poor beans. This week I was about find the little critter, clean away and dead leaves and add a little more fertilizer to get them back up and growing. I am so excited to see how my harvest turns out. Stay tuned and hopefully we’ll have some homegrown vegetables soon! Peace, Love, and wait. . .  I almost forgot to tell you guys about the mini heart attack I almost had! Not only did I have to get help removing the caterpillar from my garden, but this week we had to place live lady bugs. . . . YES LIVE! In our gardens. They actually expected me to touch them (insert horror face here 😱). Thankfully I have a handsome teaching assistant who came to my rescue and placed them in my garden for me. He’s such a saint! I figured since it was almost Halloween, I would share that horror story with you.

Peace, Love, & Veggies 🍉

Tiffany