Geek Gardener

Hello there. I'm Matt and I'm a computer geek. My fiancée Nancy
is a big gardening fan and she gets a great suntan pottering around in our
garden dealing with plants and flowers and things whilst I waste away typing.
I have therefore decided to redress that balance by trying to grow something
myself this summer. This site tracks my efforts.

Thu 10 June 2004

Nasturtiums Attacked!

Filed under: — matts @ 10:30 pm

Today was cooler, but not without it’s problems. I was curious as to why a couple of the nasturtium leaves were all curled up. A closer look revealed a load of black eggs on half a dozen of the leaves! I wiped them off and gave a liberal application of some insecticide which will hopefully stop them coming back.

Not only that, but some good-for-nothing grub has eaten one of the leaves too!

Falling Over Damage

Filed under: — matts @ 1:27 am

Unfortunately number four is showing some signs of damage at the base of her stem from yesterday’s falling over. Some of the tissue has gone all yucky where it was bent over sideways. Hopefully this will heal up over the next few days.

Two Weeks Later

Filed under: — matts @ 1:22 am

I’ve been naughty and not taking many pictures recently. Two weeks later though, and things are looking really lively.

Here are the nasturtiums. Notice that even the floppy looking ones have perked up and are now looking healthy. These pictures were taken at 9pm - so about 3 hours after they lost direct sunlight.

The sunflowers are looking a bit parched though after two days in hot hot sun, and the falling-over incident yesterday.

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