Happy Monday everyone!!!
We didn’t harvest a single thing all week until last night when I harvested some greens and carrots for lunch today (adding a couple boiled eggs makes an almost perfect salad)!
I spent a lot of time last weekend cleaning, blanching and freezing all the greens we harvested last week. I always forget how a huge harvest cooks down to just a few freezer bags worth of meals! All those greens will be sure to help make some yummy lasagna in the coming months, though 🙂
Oh! I have a garden mystery for you all! Can anyone tell me what’s up with my beet leaves? A few of them are doing this funny bubble-like thing…
I’ve never seen it happen before now. Very strange, indeed. It doesn’t seem to be affecting all of the beets, or the beets themselves, for that matter…just a few leaves. Ideas?
This weeks totals:
- Carrots = 4 oz
- Chard = 8 oz
- Kale = 2 oz
- Spinach = 1 oz
- Eggs = 30
Happy harvesting!
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As others have said they are leaf miners. Remove the affected leaves if you don’t want them to multiply. When I have any of the chenopodias unprotected I’ll check the back of the leaves for eggs every three days (they hatch in 3-4 days). The eggs are little elongated white masses. They come in about 3-5 most of the time all laid right next to each other. If you rub them off then they can’t hatch and mess with the leaves. But checking the back of every leaf is pretty time consuming.
Thank you, Daphne! Yes, just as you said, there were little pockets of eggs everywhere on the leaves!!! Amazing how prolific those little buggers are! I wound up just pulling all our beets…they were ready enough and I just couldn’t deal with worrying about them all the time…and now we have yummy beets to eat! 🙂
Your carrot harvest must be very sweet as they have expose to frost :).
Oh yes! They were divine!
I love your BLOG … and thank you for “introducing” me to Pinterest!!
Thank you! Ooohhh…pinterest…it’s a bit of an addiction, ha?
good luck with the miners…the carrots look wonderful!
Thanks, Jennie!!!
I’ve never seen a chard bubble before. So what would have made your salad perfect then?
Well, I was thinking a fresh tomato…but those aren’t going to be ready for a while, so I wound up adding some walnuts and a bit of grated cheese. I guess anything that could have added a bit of a richer flavor could’ve worked, I’m just longing for summer fruits and veggies 🙂
I agree, I think they are leaf miners. Look closely in the leaf, you will probably see little tiny worms. I cut away the whole leaf, seal it in a plastic bag and dispose, don’t put in the compost. I don’t have chicks to feed them to.
Thanks, Norma! I gave them to the chickens who, of course, devoured them! 🙂
I”m with Stoney Acres, leaf miners. Best solution, pick off all affected leaves and feed them to the chickens who will appreciate the greens & the bugs!
Oh yes, the chickens had a nice tasty treat last night!!!
Cute and colorful carrots. Hope you fix your bubbles.
Thanks, Barbie!
Looks like leaf miners to me. Feel around in the “bubble” spot for a soft lump. That will be your miner. Squish it if you find one and it would be a good idea to remove any infected leaves. If the miner gets a chance to mature then they will be back in the same spot for a second generation later in the year!!!
Oy…leaf miners? Gross! Thanks for the information, though! Now that our yard is living, it’s welcoming in all sorts of creatures…good and bad!