One of my issues is not having a camera, as most of you know from my composting "ghost" thread that was started last year but never finished in its entirety
not to get terribly off subject but last year my wife blew the timing belt in our little jeepeta, in Pop. We had a Dominican mechanic help us with his bent pair of vice grips and flat blade screw driver with a broken tip. That was the last time I ever saw my digital camera (put under the seat for this emergency situation)....and the last time the little jeepeta ever ran on the road. It is now one of our landscape ornaments.
Back to the gardens...
I have not had much time this year to fully put all my efforts in our gardens. We have too many building projects going on. We have done ok though.
Yes, Hillbilly most plants do grow well here, best is something I have strived for, for years. It's tough to have consistency without a "controlled" environment.
Last year our beans were a loss, tomatoes 1/2 great, 1/2 not so great.
No cabbage last year either and corn never really got started.
This year we have had red cabbage and copenhagen cabbage, tons of coleslaw!
Our dill pickles did well this summer too, but having difficulty with regular cucumbers. Last year it was the opposite.
Occassionally we get the caterpillar infestation, this year have only seen one case of this. Aphids haven't been bad this year either, so we have been lucky. When we do get an infestation I spray the plants with water and dish detergent (biodegradable kind) in the mornings and evenings, not under direct sunlight and this does the trick.
For fertilizer I have a small worm farm operation using rubbermaid tub's (filled with dirt, food waste and worms) with a hole drilled out of the bottom and a sink drain strainer screwed in tightly. This all sits on/ balances on top of a 5 gallon bucket. When I moisten the worm soil and food waste the water filters through all the worm capsules/ poop and drips into the 5 gallon bucket. This is called worm tea and very important with my growing. I go through about 20 gallons of worm tea a week, to feed our veggies.
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Planting, sowing and harvesting
Can I come over?
