I went out to harvest my daily 2/3 cup of cherry tomatoes and check for beans (none) and cukes (none yet, but flowers), two plants that you should check five times a week, minimum, so they don't get away from you (zucchini too, but I don't grow that.)
I had thought maybe a rabbit had eaten every leaf of a pepper plant, but now I think it was these little guys:
Funny how I'll cut a hornworm on my tomatoes in half without a thought (beyond "ick!"), but these guys are privileged pests. Munch away, dudes, and turn into lovely monarchs.
I have the fall garden started (beets, chard, kale) as little plant starts. I'm going to rip out the whole "big bed" on August 1, harvesting what's there, except for one kale plant and the leeks, and put in these starts. In front of them is the coriander seed I just cut down. It's now shoved in a paper bag, drying further, but there will still be a mess of little round seeds on my kitchen counter, I imagine. You can either plant coriander seeds which will grow cilantro for your salsa, or you can use them as a spice (and I will be, in some of my pickles).
And though I grew the sunflowers for the birds, I had no idea they'd sit on the flowers and go after the green seeds. Fine by me, but they'll want it more in January, I'd think. Their choice.
It also remind me that all those articles/theories on how you can grow all the food you'd need for a year in 1500 square feet are nonsense. If you tried to grow sunflower seeds, you'd get about 10% of your crop here. If you tried to grow peanuts, you'd have a yard full of fat squirrels. (So guns and squirrel stew would be part of the plan.)
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