Under Attack!!!

So the garden is under siege! I have ants coming in for breakfast, lunch & dinner and every snack in between. I started out with a combination of sugar and borax around the edge of my garden so I'm going to see how that works. I have an mix to make with essential oils, but I think since Ginger is due in less than a month, I'm kind of letting the garden do it's thing :( However, I'm sad because the ants found my corn and I was so excited because my corn was doing so awesome. I tried to clean them out really well, but time will tell who won.

I also have a problem with my squash. I have the white powdery mold (or whatever it is) on the leaves of some of my squash plants. I need to do something about this asap or I'm going to have to remove all of my squash. I found a mix to make to spray on the leaves, but again have been too lazy to do anything. When I was at Whole Foods I found a spray for the leaves, but when I saw it was $13, I didn't really want to buy it. I figured my own was cheaper. Well now being hugely pregnant and just getting sick, I'm wishing I would have got the stinkin' spray. So hopefully, everything survives and I get out there to water everything before it dies. 

Finally...

Here are some pictures...

          The first baby pumpkin

The pumpkins

I'm going to see if they grow up the trellis

Sweet peas, onions, tomatoes, kale, lettuce, carrots, beets

Spearmint, basil, rosemary, corn (waiting for the bell peppers, broccoli & cilantro to show up)

Corn

Squash

Zucchini

more squash

The first baby watermelon

Watermelon

Attack of the Sweet Pea Monster

While I was watering my garden the other day, the sweet pea monster struck!!! She ate all of the sweet peas off the vine in a matter of 10 minutes. The only evidence that she was there besides the lack of a single sweet pea left on the vine, was the sprinkle of sweet pea casings on the ground that she shelled the peas from. She does love her veggies :)

Squash

I have some beautiful summer squash, watermelon and pumpkin plants coming up. They are doing so well and look so much better than the rest of my garden. I'm wondering if it's the location of the box? They have morning shade and my other boxes have full sun all day. I'm thinking maybe I should put up something to create a little bit of shade for the rest of the garden. I've got beets, tomatoes, new sweet peas, new corn and lettuce coming up too. I had to replant my corn after Presley ate it:( I am having a heck of a time getting my bell peppers to take off. They start to break through the soil and then die off. I've replanted them 3 times. Any advice??

New Stuff

So, for Mother's Day I got what I wanted.... Damin built me a new box. It's just a small one 1'x7'. I'm going to plant watermelon and some squash in it. I read somewhere that you can get watermelon to grow up a trellis and it's not too heavy. I like the idea that it's up off the ground saving some space (not like I don't have space to spare). So, we'll see how that goes. I'm going to plant them today when Damin gets home from work. And I'll take a picture too... Although I have to say that a picture a few weeks back would have been great when my peas were doing wonderful and before I picked a lot of my carrots... but at least you can see how it's coming along. 

P.S. Presley loves the garden too. She thinks the sweet peas are delicious and was part of the demise of my plant, but also thinks the carrots are great too:)

Broccoli Help

Can anyone offer me help with thinning my broccoli??

Getting Back Into It

So, after we have been able to eat some of our hard work, I planted some more seeds yesterday. I know, there is no method to my madness in regards to following the rules of gardening... I just plant when I feel like it and hope it grows. I'm going to call it "Wishful Gardening." I think a lot of beginners garden this way, I just feel comfortable admitting it. So what I planted was beets, zucchini, more onions, Roma tomatoes, basil... and I think that's it for now. I really need to figure out what to do with my two broccoli plants. They are getting huge and out of control. I need to look up how to thin them. 

I'm hoping for Mother's Day, Damin will fund a renovation of the rest of the garden since it was overtaken by weeds, or help me clear them so I can plant my watermelon & pumpkins (which I know I'm late starting). If I was smart I would start the seeds inside today to get them going.

And, as I always promise, I'll post a picture soon. I think I might actually do that today, or at least try to take the picture today.

Happy Spring Everyone!!!