The only good hornworm...

Is one that's completely covered in wasp eggs.  When these hatch they'll devour the hornworm then grow up to hunt for more of the voracious pests.  Almost makes me feel sorry for the hornworm.  OK, I'm over it.

August 10 Harvest

There's nothing like a harvest to pretty up a kitchen counter.  Tomatoes, peppers, white cucumbers and mexican sour gherkins (aka mouse melons).

But all is not beautiful in the garden.  Something got in and has been defoliating the soybeans - leaving bare stems and sad little underdeveloped pods.  I'm suspecting rabbits because the tomatoes aren't being decimated like they would if a groundhog were at work.  I sprayed with a mix made with egg whites, garlic and capcacin - I'm hoping that will do it, but I'm also making rounds with the pellet gun hoping to perforate the little fiend that has nearly destroyed my hopes of edamame this year.  The Long War continues.