groundhog to the rescue
My beautiful potted cucumbers started to wilt. Did some research: it's a virus, cucumber beetle.
I haz a sad. 
Was going to go out this a.m. and pull them up and throw them in the trash (not the compost).
So I walked out this morning, ready to do the deed, and what did I find? Nothing.
The groundhog had paid an overnight visit and eaten them all up.
LOL. Saved me the trouble.
Only time a groundhog ever did me any favors.
Cher
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He ate my kale leaves. He chomped down some red leaf lettuce. He didn't eat any tomatoes, but he did take a bite off the top of one young plant that has no tomatoes on it yet.
As far as the beetles go, I never saw any beetles on the plant, so I don't know for sure that it is a virus, but I'm pretty sure it is. Will have to start all over with cucumbers and enclose them in a plastic tent. Cucumber beetle is fatal and there's no cure.
Cher
