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We don't mind the wildlife coming through our yard. The horses just destroy everything. We have had our property regularly ripped apart by galloping horses, and when we first bought the property, we found one dead further back into the trees on our property with the trees around it covered in...

The horses belong to a local rancher. They are not wild in the true sense, but they are still extremely dangerous, especially since they rove around in large bands. We once had 30 horses right outside our door. I had pounds of manure that day to clean up next to our entrance. My husband and I...

So, I am very fortunate and unfortunate. There are bands of wild horses around me. Don't get all misty-eyed about it. They can go nuts for no reason, and Montana is a fence-out state. That means they can make my yard their nighttime resting place, get nuts if they choose and rip the part of...

We have had a couple of frosts, not hard ones in the last week, so I think that is what got it all going.

I was seriously surprised when I saw the mildew. I know this is specific to this time of year and where I planted the peas. They get too much shade now that the season is turning. It wasn't bad until now, so I nee to treat that bed as a "spring/fall" bed as it just doesn't get the sun the rest...

I have noticed a lot of lady bugs on almost everything I plant. I wonder what it means. 🤔

I am thinking of trying something like that next year, but I need to build frames with sturdy metal meshing. We get a bit of wind where I live, so those things they sell through the gardening sources would die almost instantly. It is something I might be able to start on this winter to build...

I am only going to much the ones that are not whitish, just in case. I thought it was because of the weather shifts because we had 80 degrees today, and it will snow on Sunday, so the season is over.

So far, I have only had problems with flea beetles and poor soil results like splitting tomatoes. I also had a bit of blight take my potato plants, though the potatoes came out alright.

The webinar I just attended showed me how to plant the crops to draw the bugs away from my main crop. With such a small bed, though, I am not sure it is worth it. At least for that broccoli it didn't matter. 95% bolted and a deer had just enjoyed that last one, so nothing was really left. I do...

I read this when they first broke out. I would rather not use chemicals on it and would like to see what I can do. The beds are small so when I stretched tape across them they were instantly full in the spring, but that does not take care of the larva in the soil. I removed the top layer, so...

Attached is a picture of my broccoli from earlier this year. I just watched a webinar about cover crops and sometimes they can help break the cycle of pests by giving them the wrong thing to feed upon. They are small beds, so I may just experiment with them this next year and not plant them.

Very true. I just buddy the easiest stuff like beans. I was going to bury my peas plants, but mildew took some of them, so out they come. I am guessing my wild temperatures did it. 70 degrees during the day and 35 at night for the last like two weeks. They were fine before that.

I do like raspberries and they are on my list of things to grow, but at a later date. I would like to plant roses around parts of my garden at some point.

These guys moved in last spring. It appears my kale site is contaminated. Anything I should do to destroy them? I removed the top layer of soil in July, but it seems some of them survived and my kale seeded itself.

My sage did well this year. I will see about sprouting some this winter to plant in the spring. When you say rose, you do mean roses right?

RIP peas. I guess I won’t be planting them here next year. Too much shade. Plus, it’s going to start snowing on Sunday, so this is it for the year. Any recommendation on what to add to my soil here to negate the damage for next year’s garden?

RIP beans 2022. Garden turned over and old plants buried.

And I obviously can't compost these, so the trash can they go.

These were planted in July. They were not spring plants. It's probably powdery mildew, judging by the white. I will pull them all up by the end of the week. It's only a small section. Is there anything I should do to mitigate it?