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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Lancaster" data-source="post: 164117" data-attributes="member: 6154">Years ago I used to dabble in the garden too. But now my disability took that away. I didn't do much but what ever I did, I did with a pick and spade shovel. As I sit here writing this, my back (L4 disk ) is killing me..&nbsp; And that's just today. who knows what will be killing me tomorrow. <img src="/images/smilies/fatigue.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":fatigue:" title="Fatigue&nbsp; &nbsp; :fatigue:" data-shortname=":fatigue:" />Here's a few pictures from yesteryear. My physical limitations aren't the only enemy of my garden. I did well with pumpkins in the beginning. But before long I learned the hard way about White Powdery Mildew. I managed to control it with a better watering&nbsp; technique and a lot of copper fungicide. Then came the cut worms.Here in Hawaii we have over a hundred species of moths. They range from tiny all the way up to five inch wing spans. They lay their eggs in the nicely tilled soil. After hatching and feeding on the roots, they get larger. Then they start up the vines or they just bore a hole in the young or possibly large pumpkins that are sitting on the ground and not ripe yet.&nbsp; I tried everything, except nukes to control them but after one night in season five, they were all destroyed and I gave up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Lancaster, post: 164117, member: 6154"] Years ago I used to dabble in the garden too. But now my disability took that away. I didn't do much but what ever I did, I did with a pick and spade shovel. As I sit here writing this, my back (L4 disk ) is killing me.. And that's just today. who knows what will be killing me tomorrow. :fatigue: Here's a few pictures from yesteryear. My physical limitations aren't the only enemy of my garden. I did well with pumpkins in the beginning. But before long I learned the hard way about White Powdery Mildew. I managed to control it with a better watering technique and a lot of copper fungicide. Then came the cut worms. Here in Hawaii we have over a hundred species of moths. They range from tiny all the way up to five inch wing spans. They lay their eggs in the nicely tilled soil. After hatching and feeding on the roots, they get larger. Then they start up the vines or they just bore a hole in the young or possibly large pumpkins that are sitting on the ground and not ripe yet. I tried everything, except nukes to control them but after one night in season five, they were all destroyed and I gave up. [/QUOTE]

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