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Thread #142442   Message #3367626
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
25-Jun-12 - 01:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mudcat Gardeners 2012
Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Gardeners 2012
I know about hornworms - I had one plant out front last year and hadn't paid much attention to it (it didn't produce, probably because I forgot to water it.) I found a dozen hornworms on it in the fall - quite astonishing - there was barely any foliage left. I usually patrol for them but they're so hard to see until they get big. I think they might fluoresce in black light, Bobert, if you want to try that at night.

Canned today and then turned to salsa. There's an account of it in the declutter thread - it came out rather like Chipotle sauce (as I was hoping it would) but it's based upon the Zesty salsa recipe in the Blue Book. I simply modified it a little, and put the stick blender in the pot and chopped it a lot smaller than the original recipe calls for (it isn't pureed, but it's very fine bits of veggies now).

Temps hit 100 today. There may not be many more fruits set for now, but there is still a lot in the garden. These tomatoes aren't finished yet! Okra is starting to bloom.

SRS