I don't like you...

No, not you.  I'm talking about this guy:

Bad worm!  Bad bad worm!

In case you're unfamiliar with this little gem of a critter, it is a wire worm.  Wire worms suck.  Well, to be more precise, they chew.  They feast, as it were, on the portions of a plant that are underground--that is to say, the roots.  This is especially unpleasant because you can't just go spray some Bug-B-Gonn and have done with it.  Because they live in the soil, you basically can't do jack squat about them.  The only way to deal with them is to bait them with their favorite roots--potatoes and carrots.  They go after the good stuffs, and then I pull up the good stuffs and kill kill kill death kill bad worm squish!  So I've been doing a lot of that lately.  Sometimes I catch several, sometimes I catch a few... I just hope they're leaving my precious peas and beans alone.

Scruffy!

Still kickin'.

I do have one other concern.  It's for Burt, my oregano plant.  He was being eaten alive by aphids or some sort of mites or something.  Whatever the case, I had to cut poor Burt way the heck down to the stump.  Some of the foliage inside looks like it might be diseased.  Burt may have to go.  So sorry, Burt.  In this picture, I had not yet cut him down, but as you can see, he is looking a tad droopy in the center, which is where the frumpy stalks were hiding.

Thankfully, his issues don't seem to be affecting the other plants.  I hope it stays that way.

Peas from the porch.  Also sage.  And sad, sad pathetic Burt.  Oh Burt, I'm sorry I chastised you so!

Did I mention Scruffy?

Just in case you forgot.

The end.