And I took a chance and disaster

 Weather is hot, ac may be started at noon. Blah blah blah

Cucumber is gone. Completely. Combination of slugs and pill bugs.

Last night and this morning. 

 

I left the cover off because I thought it was getting baked when I wasn't able to get out there until later in the day. I will be cutting an opening in the rectangle cover but also seeing about a small can of Sluggo Plus. As I was digging to loosen the soil and replant one of the new seedlings five small pill bugs surfaced and I tossed those to the jade bush. Good thing I have the back up cucumbers. At this rate I might start another set just in case.

The zinnias are still holding on but now  I know what has been nibbling on them under the covers. Five pillbugs means there are more and they are crawling up from below where the logs and leaves are decomposing. There are four or five bags of soil in the future for this bed when the tomatoes and everything else are done.

Nothing is bugging the garlic from what I can tell and the tiny teeny possible cilantro sprout is still there too. Right in the bug zone. Go figure.

And nothing is bugging the other zinnias either. Really annoying some are left alone and others aren't. Better soil in the raised bed I suspect and of course the nirvana of mulch and logs below.

 

 

There is a canna growing in the rose bed with beautiful bright green leaves and a minute burgundy color edging on the leaves. I think it's a red bloomer, will find out in a few weeks when it gets going.

Well since blogger won't load anymore pictures I guess that does it for now.  Didn't get a chance for picking up any Sluggo today so will be covering the seedling I just put in and maybe try some 'traps' again. I think another reason for so many pill bugs in that area is all the leftover roots from the cilantro. Like I said about five of them just came crawling up through the soil I as I was moving things around.

Little bastards. Go chew on something else!