Organic peas?

We have tried to limit harmful pesticides around the house for a variety of reasons. One of the neat effects of not using pesticides is seeing benefitial insects in the garden. This one I don't know, but he/she looks like a good hunter. Perhaps this thing eats stink bugs. So far I've only had to use insecticidal soap on those nasty little greasy gnat-like things that goop all over new blooms and young pea pods. The soap works great.

Pea Patch Update

Lindy and Jake guard the pea patch. We have 3 rows of pinkeye purple hull peas, two rows of blackeyed peas and 3 short rows of zipper peas (my favorite). The zipper peas have acted ugly all year and not wanted to germinate, so this was my last hurrah at growing them this year. I would have preferred a majority of zippers as they are larger and taste a bit like boiled peanuts, which is part of why I love them best. The pinkeye (nasty sounding name) are a close second, but are not as tasty and are smaller (and consequently more labor intensive for the amount of peas you get).

We also have a little side garden with two eggplants, two crook-neck squash, one yellow pear tomato, and several token sweet potato vines.

4th of July Holiday

Of all the places I have fished, none is more fun than Spring Creek, and catching a big red belly on my fly rod just makes me happy. We caught more bream and shell cracker last weekend than I can remember in years and had one of the best fish frys I have ever had.