Victory Garden Update

Here's an update on the status of the Victory Garden 2007. As you can see everything is in full swing. The cabbages are getting huge, although I did have to battle some cabbage worms. I've been squishing them as they appear and that's been keeping them in check. But the holes they chew leave permanent scars. The zucchini plants have taken off and I expect to harvest the first fruits in the next 10 days or so. The cucumbers are starting to climb up the fencing and starting to flower. Tomatoes and peppers are growing high and flowering. The first beet harvest should happen in the next 2 weeks. I've picked some of the lettuce to thin out the plants but they are big enough to make some salad with the thinnings.

Everything isn't going perfect. The green beens got hit hard with a late frost and have never recovered. That same cold snap hurt some of the pepper and tomato plants I bought from seedsavers.org. Disappointing because I really get into growing heirloom varieties and had to replace them with local garden center varieties. I'm already noticing a big difference between 2006 & 2007. I think that has a lot to do with the compost I used to make the beds. Last year I did little if any soil work since we bought the house in April/May and I didn't have much free time for the garden until May/June (well past prime spring planting here in SC).