Garden: Month 2

While the first garden post I made this year was done on April 10th, the actual pictures are on March 23rd. I'm attempting to stay on a monthly basis, mostly for my own log for the following years. Here are pictures taken today, April 21st. We have had a lot of rain the past week. Hopefully, we will be in for a wet season this year because everyone's gardens failed during last year's severe drought. Of course, there are other problems I'm sure to encounter with a wet season too.

Pesticides: So far, I've applied soapy water (heavily diluted) to the peppers/jalapeños with a tiny paint brush because they were starting to get aphids and were too delicate for much else. Even after the heavy rain, I saw some aphids coming back, so this is my first time spraying with orange oil. I have also planted trap plants of marigolds and nasturtiums throughout to combat spider mites and aphids respectively. When the soil dries out from the rain, I intend to try the diatomaceous earth in an attempt to kill the fire ants that have arrived. The pea plants were being devoured by green worms (can't remember what they are called) so I sprayed with BT and went out every morning to pluck off the ones I could find. I don't know if the rain washed them away or if the BT worked, but I haven't found any since (except a few brown dead ones one day which I hope means BT actually worked).


Tomato Plant, one of six (not pictured last month; seedlings were too small to transplant at that point)




Tomatoes, grape


Strawberries


Potatoes


Peas

Onion and Rosemary (Rosemary survived the winter as did one of the onions which we already harvested)


Carrots


Green Beans


Peppers and Jalepenos (these died in the late frost, so these are no.2)


Corn


Beats (you may not be able to tell in this picture, but I think it has some sort of disease already)


Zucchini (not pictured in the last month; the first one died in the late frost, so this is no.2)