SarahJune 3, 2016 at 9:05 AM
Hi! I noticed some spinach in a bed toward the front that is being eaten by leaf-miner. Once plants are big they can survive it, but at this stage, it needs daily/every other day manual removal of the eggs otherwise they'll likely kill the plant. It's pretty common, so is likely in other plots too. Check the backs of every spinach, beet or chard leaf. You'll see tiny little tight rows of tiny little white eggs. Just rub those off with your finger as often as you can. If they hatch, a tiny worm burrows into the leaf, between the layers, and eats itself into a big grub. It leaves a little trail behind it as it meanders through the leaf. If you find the grubs just tear out that part of the leaf and squish em.
