The radishes are growing nicely. Jim said that they don't taste any different than the ones from Kroger's...but Francis and Pam thought they tasted great!
Here are some pics of the tomatoes. I'm so excited to see how they develop. The big question has been: to prune or not to prune? I keep reading that pruning the suckers off helps them grow stronger better tomatoes, but Pam doesn't do anything to hers. And, well...if you look at hers and then look at mine so far, let's just say I'm going with her method this year :)
The pole beans are doing well (I think!). One of the sprouts (??) has taken off so much I had to add the second tier to the pole bean cage.
Apparently, either watermelon's are really easy to grow....or that's going to be my specialty and next year I'll just have a melon garden! And last but not least, one of my banana peppers is growing. My peppers and eggplants are a very sad story so far. They were doing beautifully in May (remember the pic with the little flowers blooming after the rain?). Well, then my eggplants were attacked by flea beetles (weevils??). I decided to go the "natural" route, despite advice from my savvy neighbors to the contrary (suggested sprinkling Sevin on them). But oh no...I knew better. So I went out and bought some spray called VeggiePharm (all natural insecticidal soap made from garlic, peppermint and something else). Well, I sprayed the heck out of those poor eggplants and peppers. 2 days later, everything was shriveling, dying, AND I still had the damn weevils on there punching holes in the leaves. So Pam was kind enough to come over and take a look and once again, gently suggested sprinking Sevin. She thinks I probably burned the plants with the stupid all natural stuff, but was sweet enough to say she thought they would recover. Well, it's been a long recovery process and they still look rather pathetic. 
A few days after I sprinkled the Sevin (which, OF COURSE killed the stupid bugs!), I stopped by a little garden store and was telling the lady about my poor plants. She told me that peppers like to "hold hands" and that mine were probably planted too far apart and that's why they weren't recovering well. She must have spotted the SUCKER sign on my forehead...because I bought 5 more pepper plants and six eggplants and gave my poor bedraggled peppers and eggplants they're new friends that night. I can't say they're looking any better though :)
A few days after I sprinkled the Sevin (which, OF COURSE killed the stupid bugs!), I stopped by a little garden store and was telling the lady about my poor plants. She told me that peppers like to "hold hands" and that mine were probably planted too far apart and that's why they weren't recovering well. She must have spotted the SUCKER sign on my forehead...because I bought 5 more pepper plants and six eggplants and gave my poor bedraggled peppers and eggplants they're new friends that night. I can't say they're looking any better though :) 
And last but certainly not least...my favorite garden companion....Tonga (white face) and her buddy Princess. Cody wasn't feeling photogenic :)
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