I may put up some salsa tomorrow. I've given away around a dozen tomatoes. They do seem to slow down just before they ripen. Try boiling those green beans for 8 minutes, then stir fry them in butter, and add lemon juice.

Here you go. My jalapenos are really hot this year.

I am not getting anything like you guys from my crops. I have crook neck squash, zukes, bell peppers and jalapeno and one cherry mater plant and one Mr. Stripey tomato plant.

My squash production has really been severely affected by the dang rollie pollies. I have thrown away at least 30 dang squash that were ruined by them...not to mention the bloom damages. I have the squash bugs eliminated, and apparently the rollie pollies decided that meant they could move in.

After going through this thread for the past month or two I finally got around to trying my hand at this as well. I finished my raised bed last night. At the very least it was an interesting learning experience. It didn't quite turn out like I had hoped, but I guess it will do for my first time trying anything like this. I somehow ended up 3 extra stones, wasn't able to stagger the stones because of poor planning, and ended up being more expensive than I originally thought. Here are some pictures to show how it turned out.


tomatoes, jalapenos, red bells, strawberries, okra and a squash plant


I probably planted too much stuff in here, but I guess we'll see.


Here are my original pots that started it all. A few herbs, green beans, small tomatoes and some peppers.


What I've gotten out of the pots so far. The peppers are poblano.

Anyways, it's been a fun little project that I finally had the time to finished. I'm sure it will all burn up by the end of July!

Looks good Matt.

I've tried on a cattle panel. Works pretty good if you can keep the birds/animals away from them.

I added 2 squash and 1 zucchini.

progress....

My mom and dad used to have squash climbing.Make a scare crow to keep the birds out.

I have a couple of plastic owls and a 12 gauge, although that subject came up yesterday. I'll see if I can get to that project soon.

Todays harvest.

What did you do to get rid of the squash bugs?