Love the photo with the marigolds threading through the brassicas and amaranth (i think). I'm in the UK so potatoes are more at risk from blight than the Colorado beetle. Your comment about them walking from Denver made me laugh though! Don't get me started on asparagus beetles and rosemary beetles though... I'm a scatterbrained allotment gardener and am not as diligent as is ideal. However, the ladybirds don't seem to mind and this year there are hundreds of them. They kept the overwintered fava beans clean and are enjoying the aphids bothering the edges of the Southern Collard Greens plant which I'm hoping to save seed from. First year growing that - delicious!
Thanks for the crop rotation and fallow planting/periods advice. Very useful reminders for a forgetful gardener.
Love the photo with the marigolds threading through the brassicas and amaranth (i think). I'm in the UK so potatoes are more at risk from blight than the Colorado beetle. Your comment about them walking from Denver made me laugh though! Don't get me started on asparagus beetles and rosemary beetles though... I'm a scatterbrained allotment gardener and am not as diligent as is ideal. However, the ladybirds don't seem to mind and this year there are hundreds of them. They kept the overwintered fava beans clean and are enjoying the aphids bothering the edges of the Southern Collard Greens plant which I'm hoping to save seed from. First year growing that - delicious!
Thanks for the crop rotation and fallow planting/periods advice. Very useful reminders for a forgetful gardener.