The Bounty!
We have been collecting lots of beans, tomatoes, and okra!The cucumbers have fallen to these lovely bugs...
Stink bug!
(The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), an insect not previously seen on our continent, was apparently accidentally introduced into eastern Pennsylvania.) via http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/brown-marmorated-stink-bug
Here's a lovely blog about stink bugs and cucumbers and how to get rid of them with Neem Oil! What!!! I had this and I used it, oh wait...you have to do it right. http://www.examiner.com/article/stink-bugs-wreak-havoc-on-cucumbers-neem-to-the-rescue Okay, next time!
The bounty! I have been picking tomatoes like crazy! They are doing so well! This is the first year that we have had our tomato plants do so well. I have noticed lately when I pick them that they have these tiny little red spider looking bugs on them. I am not sure they are damaging the tomatoes because they seem fine, but I am monitoring them. A quick Google search says that they are called Assassin bugs.
