My sauce tomatoes are coming in nicely. I’m collecting them until I have enough for a big batch for processing.
I planted pumpkins and out of six vines have ONE pumpkin. What a waste of garden space.
I’m fighting a losing battle with squash bugs, squash vine borers, and cucumber beetles. Much as I’d like to grow zucchini again next year, I’m thinking of trying to sterilize the soil where there squash plants were and taking a year off next year. Maybe they’ll move on.
After I pull up the plants, I’m going to pour boiling water around where the roots were to try to take care of any bugs that might have it in mind to overwinter in the soil.
I understand your feeling, and believe me I sympathize. We have lousy soil and all kinds of bugs spreading stuff.
2010 is the only year we got any decent melons or cukes.