Between the shade, the hard rains that smushed the lettuce into the dirt to rot, the bugs carving holes in the rutabaga and cabbage leaves, the squirrels digging up seeds, and something (rabbits?) taking chunks out of almost everything), I don’t think we’re going to have much to eat.
Next year, I’m digging a vegetable bed in the front lawn, since the tomatoes and peppers out there seem to be happy (there’s a lot more sun).
I’m going to build better rabbit fences too – I haven’t seen any rabbits in the garden, just the yard, but something’s eating my veggies.
(My compost pile is doing great.)
Belated garden recordkeeping:
Planted 4/25:
cabbage – doing ok except for the bugs/rabbits
lettuce (2 kinds) – only one kind came up? killed by rain
kale – doing ok, slightly nibbled
chard – didn’t like the rain, being eaten by rabbits
spinach – hardly sprouted, got eaten
rutabagas – same as cabbage
peas – hardly grew, never bloomed
broccoli – same as kale
parsley – ok, some stems bitten off
Planted 5/2:
Yellow pear tomato (plant) – some flowers, no fruit
Basil (plant) – same as parsley, but it would like more sun
Planted 6/7:
Bok choy – lots of sprouts, got eaten
Beans (date est.) – squirrels dug up seeds
Zucchini (date est.) – never sprouted
Planted 6/13:
Eggplant (plants) – ok, one plant got the top bitten off
Pepper (plant) – doing great, some peppers
In containers in the front, all plants: Better Boy tomato, purple bell pepper, habanero pepper, stevia – all great, getting some tomatoes and some flowers on the peppers
Planted 7/3:
Beans (again) – sprouted nicely, some got nibbled yesterday
Zucchini (again) – 3 look good, 1 got eaten
Bok choy (again) – lots sprouted and then the leaves got eaten
Chard (again) – starting to sprout