Very nice looking veggies...I've never done well with carrots or radishes...I finally gave up after last year...

This morning's harvest. The little red ones are Thai peppers..can't wait to see how hot they are....

Great harvest...I do believe I'll let you try those hot peppers...I don't grow anything hotter than the Jalapeno or Hot Banana Pepper...

Nice growing LSS....

I guess it was mid may. If there is ONE thing I can grow it's okra. It's actually kind of hard to eff it up.

***correction.. It was actually the third week in April.***

Last week Wednesdays harvest


was out of town Friday - Sunday and came home to lot's of tomatoes

Did you ever get the powdery mildew disease under control?

Very nice indeed...

Nope. It's pretty much taken that tomato plant and some leaves of that cuke are dying.

My watermelon had been doing really good. Then I went to check on it yesterday and several of them had black spots on the end and a couple had fallen off of the vine. It's fenced off all the way around so nothing is getting in the garden. Any ideas what could be the cause of this? Overwatering???? I appreciate any advice.

Use neem oil, Its a organinc "fungicide" (which is what powdery mildew is) ,miticide and pesticide. Also make sure you have good air circulation. I usually cut off about the first foot of leaves at the ground up. Also google powdery mildew and there are some inexpensive methods to treating. There is one I remember with butter milk ,or regular milk. I think the lactic acid in the milk kills the bacteria. Powdery mildew is caused by too much humidity/moisture. Most times because we get to much water on the plant leaves. Its does not do any good to water the plants leaves . Especially in the evening , the water will sit on the leaves for hours causing powdery mildew and other bad things. I have very little powdery mildew problems . I always use a soaker hose and try to water early morning and early after noon about 7am and 5-6 pm. The main thing is not to let the water sit. The problems with powdery mildew that have are caused by the morning dew. I will usually cut the 1-2-3 leaves off and treat with neem oil on a weekly schedule.

Organic pest control

First off In no way am I claiming to be a expert , just want to pass on what is working for me. Not for everyone,or every situation. Last year I had to kill off my garden because It got over whelmed with pest. This year (knock on wood) problems are minimal. First thing is knowing your enemies. Also, I do not use sevin dust, even though its been used for years, I just cant bring my self to use it in my garden. It kills all your beneficial bugs also, bees, lady bugs,frogs ,snakes, EVERYTHING. I do have a bottle of sevin dust but its not for my garden I put it on bushes and on the ground around the perimeter of the garden. Places where bugs will hide and cross on their journey to my garden. I use Neem oil(mix a teaspoon of dish washing liquid with it), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_oil its organic and has been used for many more years than sevin dust. Neem oil does not affect or has little effect on your benefecial bugs, bees lady bugs etc. Neem oil kills the plant eaters and thats it. Ladybugs, bees ,and ants are not plant eaters. One thing thats most important to remember is to use it as a "preventative" , its not a kill all when your overwhelmed with pest or fungus. Rotenone , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotenone , Now this is bad stuff Its about as bad as sevin dust but "organic". I use this for a kill all on the spot. BUT I NEVER SPRAY IT ALL OVER THE PLANTS. I put it in a sprayer bottle and spray on the bugs when I see them so very little ever gets on the plant itself. Here lately I bought some of the ecosmart brand beetle (kills cucmber BEETLES)spray they have for sell at the depot. I mixed some rotenone in the bottle and it kills even cucmber beetles on the spot. I keep the bottle in the garden area and pick it up when I am walking around the garden , see a bug spray him , dead bug. STINK BUGS, these are tough bugs to kill with the chemicals I use. But instead of getting out the sevin dust I got a small vacuum vacuum them off the plant and destroy else where. If a stink bug is not on your plant he cant reproduce in your garden. In fact you off course could walk around with the dust buster and vacum up all bugs and use even less pesticides. If you dont keep up with the bugs this year they will be back in full force next year since most over winter in the dirt. I did loose some squash plants this year but it could of easily been different If I knew what I was looking at. I got the squash vine borer on some plants and since the pest over winter I just pulled them and planted new plants. I have heard of people in injecting rotenone in the stem, slicing the stem and pulling the worm and useing a small wire in the hole and scraping the in side of the stem to kill the worm but I pulled them. If I would of kill these flying bugs when I seen them I might not of had the problem with the vine borers.