Thanks ,I have not noticed any aphid activity but I will keep a eye out. this was on a okra leaf and I did spray about 2 weeks ago and will be spraying again tomorrow.

Went out a couple nights ago and found a ton more woodlice (pillbugs/rollie pollies/etc.) I really hate these things. I have killed thousands and yet, there are so many mroe.

The potato leaves of one of my plants are turning all yellow and the leaves are dying quickly. Anyone know why? It might be the slugs/bugs.

It could be...I've had them suck the moisture out of some of our landscaping plants before...It could be any number of pests doing that...

I have to treat my pepper plants because those and the dang slugs/snails are out and about chewing on the leaves...It was too windy yesterday, so I'll do it today...I hate those dang pests...

SO I got to thinkin, lets see some pics of those gardens! I'll get one of mine up shortly.

Nice! Do you make the mounds by hand or with tractor equipment?

first garden. Not a lot of room to work with. This is kind of a trial year. I'll concentrate on whatever grows best next year

Zucchini butternut yellow squash beans carrots cilantro onions tomato etc


peas cukes tomato etc


first pea pod

I did not plant a garden this year for one basic reason-I am tired of battling Johnson Grass. I removed some old cattle pens several years ago and started my garden in this area. However, I cannot keep up with the persistent Johnson Grass. This area is the only place on the entire ranch that has Johnson Grass. How do you guys handle Johnson Grass problems aside from a hoe?

I used a tiller and a hoe. The garden is a little bigger than the pic but not much, 7'X14'. I am having a few issues right now with nutrients. I think??? I planted some other plants at my father in laws and his plants are a little bigger and "GREENER". It could be that he is using chemicals and I am using organics. The nutrient levels are not as high as chemicals so that could be the reason. I am going to send off a soil sample to a lab to make sure thers nothing bad happening. I bought 4 different soil testers and guess what 4 different readings,lol, with distilled water. Oh ya, even though his plants are greener and taller than mine , mine have more flowers and fruit. A little confused but the soil test should say it all, to bad it takes weeks....

Maybe you could lay a black sheet of plastic over it for a week or so maybe that will kill the grass with no chemicals?

I round up my whole garden every year before I plow. Its 50' by 125'. Then a week later, I spread 13-13-13 fertilizer and plow it under, followed by a harrow to smooth. Then it's just maintenance with a hoe.

Looking good . I had some really nice peas going. Unfortunately cut worms took out the entire 125' row!

Here is mine now. Still have okra, squash, cantaloupe and watermelon to come up.

The Garden


Corn


Onions, tomatoes, and pepper plants


The peas the worms got (about two feet tall before they mowed them down)

I'm dizzy. Just noticed my camera was on 1600 not auto. Sorry about that.

Wow! Your squash is already gigantic!

Squash just came up in several places from my compost I guess? I've got a few pepper plants and two tomato plants that just popped up and doing great.....I couldn't grow a tomato outside(on purpose) from seed if I tried.

I had over 100 volunteer tomato plants...However, due to the fact that I had already planted about 100 on purpose, I've cleared those to about 20...I went through the ones that were small and wouldn't be in production till the fall...I don't know how or why I have so many volunteer cucumber plants as I cleared the land of all the left over cucumbers before tilling...I guess I missed one... Oh well, they were the best tasting/producing cucumbers I'd ever planted before...

Here are some pictures of mine...

A few tomato plants:


Some Early Girl Tomatoes:


Different view of tomato plants:


Some onions and peppers...Notice how perfectly straight the onions stand...

Freaking DOGS!

Eggplants:

Early Girl Plant, top view. The plant was about 1 foot tall when my mom's friend gave it to her...It's now about 3 feet tall...



Watermelons:


Some pepper plants:



One of the things you may notice about my garden is the amount of gravel. When I first tilled the soil, I was told by several neighbors I'd never be able to grow anything because of the rocky soil. However, the house sits on a hill that has a large concentration of limestone. If I dig more than 8 inches in most areas, I'm going to hit limestone. I have great drainage and very good soil in 80% of the garden. The area that does have the most rocks, I have been adding a lot of topsoil to the rows for the plants to get plenty of nutrients. Amazingly, in years past, the best tomatoes were produced in the rocky area without adding topsoil. 3 of my neighbors have started to garden on their own lots since they saw how successful my venture has been...

We've convinced the boss at work that we need to put in a couple tomatoes and a couple pepper plants. The only place we can find is a nice little patch covered in bermuda. Will it even be worth it and if so what are your suggestions?

I'd suggest digging down about 11 inches and removing the Bermuda grass...Then plant and make certain you mulch the area...You might even get some weed cloth and cut holes out for the plants and then planting them. Bermuda is a nasty, nasty grass that takes over everything in site...It took me 2 years to get it out of a triangle with 25 foot long sides that is now our largest flower bed...

Cucumbers in the row next to the fence...


I've mulched several rows with live oak leaves and have to add some more mulch to a few of the rows...I still need to hoe the weeds out of one row that didn't get mulched...