Garden Update

Here are some photos from the garden. The rain was wonderful because no watering was required for the last couple of days. Things are growing well, my pepper plants are still stunted but are producing, there's lots of tomatoes (no red ones yet), and the squash bugs and squash vine borers are wreaking havoc and I lost one zucchini plant as a result. However, I have a new tactic against the squash bugs: water and dish soap (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7oYXIeTlC0). It seems to work-I caught a few of the bugs this morning.

The yellow squash seem to be faring better, but I'm afraid two more of zucchini are destined for plant heaven. According to my research (http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/M1209.html), there's not much one can do once the vine borers are on the scene, but we'll see what happens...

This basil was destined for a chicken basil stir fry.

Our biggest sugar baby watermelon-we built a sling for it since it was growing outside of the bed.

Golf-ball sized melon

Itty-bitty melon

The nasturtium (which haven't been very effective against the squash bugs) are finally blooming...

A soaker hose has been laid out in one of the beds, which will hopefully make watering a little easier. If this works out, I'll buy another for the second raised bed.

Wondering if these onions will ever reach regular onion size...

These are the two yellow squash plants that are doing okay. The pepper plants are still way too short, and the tomatoes are bearing a lot of green fruit.

The first peppers-- they're black so I think they got sunburned during the heat wave.

Another pictur of the onion and soaker hose.

Tomatoes....

...tomatoes...

...and more tomatoes...

Small squash

This squash should be ready to pick in a day or too.

This zucchini was having a rough time with the borers and squash bugs, but it seems to be growing new leaves-- keep your fingers crossed that it's recovering!