Well, I didn't post much this summer because it was one disaster after another in my garden. :(
1st: The cucumber beetles ate my first set of cucumber plants in about 2 days.
So I went out and bought more and some pesticides (which took care of the beetles).
2nd: It rained like crazy and stunted the growth of my plants and drowned others.
3rd: They got some relief from rain, but it was too late, the tomatoes caught late blight, the pumpkins had a cutter bug infestation, the peppers were way too small and the garlic had some mold growing on some of the bulbs.
4th: Now the cucumber bugs were replaced by squash bugs, which ate holes into all the leaves of the new plants.
I did however get 4 nice carrots, a bunch of radishes, a lot of lettuce, scallions, garlic and 5 cucumbers, and 2 peppers. I've decided it's just too cold here for peppers. They start producing fruit in Aug, but then it cools off too fast, so they only get through 1/2 the fruit growth. Sad. I love peppers!
So that's pretty much what happened this year. The hay was a failure. I think it made more weeds and attracted a lot more bugs this year. I think I would try news paper next year.
I'm going to start some herbs for the winter: basil, thyme, rosemary, and parsley. We'll see how they do!
Cheers!
