I have good reason to believe that the berries in the photo are Elderberries which is pretty fun. They are edible, favorites of bears and have you ever heard of Elderberry Wine? I just might have to try and make some one day soon.More importantly - some may be wondering where I have disappeared to. The answer is quite simple I sprained my ankle badly about three weeks ago and I also started having false labor. The sprain has, until recently, prevented me from going around my yard and really investigating things. I have started getting out again this week and I have seen many interesting Butterflies. I have also noticed a terrible blight is killing my once wonderful squash plants.
As for the false labor, it has been exhausting and distracting. Hence I had kinda forgotten about the blog... Ooops. Sorry.
I haven't had my baby yet and tomorrow I will be a week over due. The anticipation is tough to bare and is an invaluable lesson in patience. I could get more philosophical but the truth is the while I want to have this baby yesterday I'm still not 100% ready for the planned natural birth.
Look forward to a nice picture of baby in the backyard.
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Dad suspects the "squash bug" got to your plants. The adult bug is about 1" long and has a poboscus (sp) at the head used to sip sap from the stems of the squash/melon family. Little damage is done by this insipped sucking but the darn thing carries around with it a fungus which will "wilt" a plant overnight and the whole garden within a week. Best defense is to place some boards of wood around your plants where the bug will seek shelter overnight. In the early morninglight you can plan to massacre them with a rolled up newspaper as you turn board by board. Or you can use a flame thrower!!!
Be certain to clean out all dead vine as soon as damage is evident. Do not think you can turn this kind of debris into friendly compost as the bug knows of this plan and has laid eggs therein to await the next years plantings. This is one crop you should rotate in and out every other year.
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