It's What's Up Wednesday!

Well, it would appear that those lovely nights of “good sleeping” weather have come to a swift and final conclusion. I went upstairs last night, and it was 88 degrees in my bedroom. And that was with a fan in the window pulling a good cross breeze.

I went out to the garden yesterday for my daily morning inspection and found that the heat and humidity had brought visitors. 

Flea beetles.

Thank goodness my spinach and newly planted eggplant seedlings were covered. Unfortunately, my arugula was not. Between the flea beetles turning it into lace and the heat causing it to bolt, I think that’s the end of my arugula for a while. 

I got my summer squash seeds planted while I was out there. 

I’m doing all of my summer squash in containers this year. I wanted to grow leeks and shallots, and ran out of room in the raised beds. I thought we would tackle a hotly debated subject this morning – planting zucchini and summer squash. Is it better to direct sow the seeds or plant seedlings? My mind was made up on this quite some time ago, but I was shocked to find I may have to consider another option. (I also threw in some helpful tips to ensure a good summer squash harvest this year.)