LOL! That chocolate idea makes just as much sense... perhaps more!
I’ve just about decided that I’m getting tired of watering the grasshopper food.
The okra are doing well, the sunflowers are finished, the tomatoes are finishing. I actually got a small amaranth harvest today - despite the grasshoppers. They were gracious enough to leave enough of the leaves for it to remain alive all summer, and apparently they didnt want the seeds, so they continued to develop!
The squash produced enough to make me see that it really IS possible to grow them. So I imagine that in a week or two, even though the squash are blossoming, I’ll call it quits. The T-squash developed two babies, but they never grew to maturity. They either shrank or rotted on the vine. I did get 3 white bush scallop squashes which I was thrilled with.
I’ve gotten quite a number of seeds for the Asian Trellis beans. A cheeky grasshopper was just sitting on one today, and didnt even flinch when I stared it down. It was actively munching on the last green pod, just as pretty as you please. I greeted it and told it I hoped it was enjoying its lunch.
This is usually grasshopper time of the year here, but we haven’t had very many (knock on wood).
I don’t know much about taters either - but hubby has had much better luck than I have. He has better soil for one thing.