Showing posts with label Squash vine borer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Squash vine borer. Show all posts

Friday, July 31, 2020

Dead March in Saul please

So Ellen and I, plant doctors, correctly diagnosed the squash vine culprit. When the rain stopped this morning, I went out to survey the remaining stem. Too late. Bust it open and here's the critter



All God's creatures. I guess. Well this is one of a few I found, having a gourmet feast. Gone now, to where they may supply lunch to a few birds. Far from my patio.

 It's annoying that I'd succeeded in protecting the squash from landscapers and squirrels, and they had in fact driven their roots through the bottom of the pot and into the ground, as hoped. So the operation was a complete success except the patient died.

Then I moved on, repotted some tomatoes. And went on hoping.

I think gardening is best for people with great optimism and short memories.