It's all Lyric's fault

[LiberalEsto]

It's almost impossible to get into my fenced vegetable garden, because the squashes and watermelons have gone crazy.

I'm not getting any peppers, because the plants are shaded by overgrown, overproductive tomato plants groaning under the weight of the biggest tomatoes we've ever had.

One watermelon plant already has at least 4 melons, but there's probably more I can't see.

Lyric, you wrote about giving your plants a milk bath a while back. I did it twice so far, and I am totally amazed.

Usually my cucumbers are dead from disease by now, but I just picked two more beauties.

Usually the yellow crookneck squash has succumbed to squash borers by the end of July. Instead, the plants are the biggest I've ever grown.

Somehow the milk has energized the plants and they are happily producing away in spite of disease and borers and other bugs. The figs are coming along pretty well too - last year the Brown Turkey fig had some kind of disease, but now it's huge and healthy.

All I can say is :wow:

Thank you, Lyric!


:yourock: :fistbump:

[beac]

1. I have had the same wonderful results (see my "toast to Lyric" post of a few days ago) but

where IS Lyric? Haven't heard from the Wizard of Milk for quite some time on this board.

Paging Lyric! Your devoted followers want to pay homage!

[Lyric]

2. Hey guys!

I'm so glad my Grandma's secret is working so well for all of you!!! :grouphug: I too have had an amazing garden this summer--we're still getting loads of tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, squash, okra, African fish peppers, and bell peppers. Also, my pumpkins are swelling up beautifully. :)

Sorry I was absent for so long--we ran into a tough financial spot this summer and wound up losing our internet for a couple of months. Thankfully we had all of that wonderful garden produce to ease the grocery budget, and now that we've gotten our student aid for this semester, things are a lot better for us.

:woohoo: