Sometimes walking a dog (or two, or three) can take me to areas of the property I haven't been to for a few days.
I was out walking King yesterday, and he kept pulling me (bad habit of his) to the walnut tree. I thought, "okay, maybe your scent will keep the squirrel out of my fruit trees."
So we walked directly over to the black walnut tree.
And this is what I found hiding in the leaves - walnut caterpillars. You can see they are white. There were a ton of them. I quickly got a bucket of water and soap and cut the leaves directly over the bucket. I got all the ones I could see. I hope that was all of them.
While weeding and picking beans recently (before discovering these in the tree), we have found two in the vegetable garden. I thought it was strange, because in all the years here, we've never see a white caterpillar. Now I know what they are and what damage they can do.
I was too tired last night to blanch the basket of green beans, so I took the peas to the porch to shell. Boy it was hot and humid. Not like the previous night. However, it rained last night (woohoo!). I am so thankful for that.
It's too wet to weed, but I got a lot done yesterday. I spent the last hour out in the garden, crawling between the rows of popcorn, pulling weeds from the pumpkin mounds.
Our broccoli is just now coming on. We tasted our first green bell pepper yesterday in our breakfast too. Peanuts are flowering as well. I best get busy. I have kale and dandelions to blanch, as well as yesterday's green beans.
I was out walking King yesterday, and he kept pulling me (bad habit of his) to the walnut tree. I thought, "okay, maybe your scent will keep the squirrel out of my fruit trees."
So we walked directly over to the black walnut tree.
While weeding and picking beans recently (before discovering these in the tree), we have found two in the vegetable garden. I thought it was strange, because in all the years here, we've never see a white caterpillar. Now I know what they are and what damage they can do.
I was too tired last night to blanch the basket of green beans, so I took the peas to the porch to shell. Boy it was hot and humid. Not like the previous night. However, it rained last night (woohoo!). I am so thankful for that.
It's too wet to weed, but I got a lot done yesterday. I spent the last hour out in the garden, crawling between the rows of popcorn, pulling weeds from the pumpkin mounds.
Our broccoli is just now coming on. We tasted our first green bell pepper yesterday in our breakfast too. Peanuts are flowering as well. I best get busy. I have kale and dandelions to blanch, as well as yesterday's green beans.
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I have never seen white caterpillars either. They're not those ones that make those huge webs int he trees are they? I've seen those before and had them in my crabapple trees on my farm. You're going to be very busy when that garden starts coming in which is soon it sounds like! As if you're not busy enough! LOL! Glad you got some rain! Green peppers? Good for you!
You're growing peanuts? Is it hot enough up there to grow them?
Hope everyone's having a great day, and a safe one too.
God bless.
RB
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