Finally Cucumbers

Yeah, finally have cucumbers growing.  I hope to have more growing.  I first noticed them when I had one vine that spilled over the pot and hovered near the ground.  There were three starting but then the rains came and I lost two. I moved the vine so it can vine up the trellis and then I saw the other two.

Aarrhhh!

These squash bugs are a pain in the butt.  I'm diligent with the insecticidal soap.  I check my garden every morning and there they are.  Usually I find no more than two.  The zucchini did not make it and the squash in going downhill.  

The cucumber is doing well.  I actually had three little cukes starting.  But the daily rain storm did them in.

Not giving up yet

Today was clean up the garden day.  We've had so much rain in the last few days, a lot of leaves and small branches were in the yard.  Moved all the containers and raked it up.  Then I sprayed a bug killer near the side of the cottage.  Let it dry before putting the containers back.  I saw a beetle just sitting on a cherry tomato leaf watching me work. The nerve! I'm sure it looked comical when I chased it down. He managed to get away. I'll be keeping a diligent eye out for him.

Crookneck Squash

I replanted the squash, zucchini and cucumbers from starter plants.  I have them in different parts of the garden so I hope that makes a difference.

Zucchini

Cucumber

Harvest

Cleaned up my yellow wax beans as the foliage was looking terrible. Some of the leaves were yellow with holes. I harvested what I could, even some that were not ready yet. I still have some flowers and beans on them but it's looking sparce.  They are supposed to be bush beans but mine aren't bushy. I added a few more beans to the soil and supports so the leaves and stems don't hang over the pot brushing the ground. The banana peppers are doing well.

White eggplant

My white eggplant is growing nicely.  More beautiful flowers are blooming. Those look yummy.

Bell Pepper

Finally have flowers on the petite bell peppers.

Another one bites the dust

Since my last post my cucumber has died.  Maybe I didn't get all the beetles. This is frustrating as I really wanted my garden to produce.  Perhaps it's where I have the containers.  I would like to have the containers off the ground and on stands. Budget says no. Bugs are eating the leaves on the wax beans and worms are curling the leaves on the eggplant. I reopened the leaves, got the worms out and sprayed with insecticidal soap.

Cleaning up the pests

The squash and zucchini didn't make it. I pulled it out and haven't decided whether to start over. I did see a cucumber beetle yesterday. Chased it down so could kill it. Still no cucumbers yet but plenty of flowers. I saw a bee having a good ole time in the flowers.

Lettuce

This is Parris Island Romaine. I started from seed in March so I hope it does well this summer. It gets afternoon sun and seems to be doing okay. Still have another packet just in case it doesn't. If that happens then it will be started in August.

Zucchini

Oh what joy I felt when I finally saw my first zucchini starting after so many male flowers dropping. I didn't think that was going to happen. Two zucchinis are starting, hard to see sorry.
I think this is being attacked by beetles too. I haven't seen any on the plant but one side collapsed and my two zucchinis turned brown in two days.