uninfested = unsprayed

i sprayed the beans and the cucumbers in the top three photos, and, while neem oil is non-toxic to mammals, i would suggest a thorough washing of any beans or cucumbers you pick from the garden until this whole beetle thing is resolved...the tomatoes in the fourth photo were not sprayed because i could detect no beetles...likewise the jerusalem artichokes...although they might just eat the beetles...the asparagus branch in the sixth photo is getting ready to both "fern" and flower without a beetle in sight...the bottom photo is some of the beds in the garden...the impact of the insects has been pretty minimal and with some attention over the course of the next couple of weeks i am fairly certain we will get it taken care of...no need to panic...the garden's health is good.

...and stuff from some others

the pepper plant in the top photo is blooming and, if i am not seeing things, it is also producing as the nascent pepper in the second photo shows...there are some robust looking spuds hanging around...like the one in the third photo and it would seem to be on the verge of blooming which will add a bit of color to the bed and, if there is some luck involved, produce some potato fruits...i would enjoy putting some more true potato seed in my freezer...a second mashua plant is up ( fifth photo ) surrounded by the stubs of jerusalem artichoke stems i have ripped off as far as the stubborn little things would let me...it will be a season of patient vigilance...the bottom photo is panoramic shot of the garden with what looks like something of a mowing chore for me...saturday will be here soon enough and that clover will be cut...but not eliminated...that saga is far from over.