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The garden on June 8. The zuccini is doing well. A couple other squash types not so much but they are all right. The beans are burning up. All 8 pepper plants have been eaten by bugs. The okra are still small and struggled with bugs as well, but a couple of them now have true leaves and the bugs seem to have stopped. Perhaps they will thrive. Thank goodness for the tomatoes. The 3 at the far end are over 4 feet tall – I think the compost bin used to be there – and look very vigorous. If they were a carnivorous plant I would be very afraid of them. On the right is the compost bin surrounded by peppermint. Next to that is the Italian parsley, which has gone to seed. I was going to cut it back but I saw some ladybugs in there and figured that was a good thing.
Notes to self:
- Next year plant more green beans. They are pretty small and don’t like the heat. From the 6 this year, I got about a dozen beans.
- Move the peppermint somewhere else in the yard. It spreads.
- Try planting larger peppers and okra. The small ones don’t seem to be able to survive the bugs.
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