Just released a turtle.....

Though I don't believe I'd release a Softshell.

I like turtle soup.

We really have very few pests to worry about. Squirrels and birds love the strawberries. You might have to put a net around plum trees for the birds. I’ve never seen anything bother a zuc, squash, or pumpkin. Our spaghetti squash are amazing, and we eat them all year. I’m hoping for a successful jalepeno plant this year!

Well i have some more planting to do.
My brother co-leases some property from an elderly woman and runs cows on it. She sent home Tomato plants, pepper plants and a few squash plants for me for my birthday

The green beans i planted are growing great. The Italian green beans and squash aren't as enthusiastic.
Perhaps its still a bit cool for the squash....?

Your lucky day. The weather is perfect.

It took me a minute to figure things out, along with Derek telling me I suck at getmination but by golly, I’m transplanting peppers now and they got legs for days! In a tiny lil 4” pot, I have one that has a root a foot long. I had to wrap it around the 3gal pot before adding soil. Thanks Derek for kickin’ me in the keester and showing me the way buddy!

You did fine.

Too funny not to share!!!

The guy I was meeting for an ammo trade was a little bit late for our meeting. When he got there he had to share his story from the morning. They live out in the country, and are backed up to an ag field. Seems the new neighbors (from California) called 911 to get the police out to tell the farmer he had to shut down his center pivot irrigation. Seems it is a little too loud for them, and they don't get up that early in the morning!!!

We have lost the common sense war, and the retarded are winning!!!!!!!!!!

They called the freakin police for that. Wow

Wow.

My garden's coming along, tomatoes/peppers/herbs doing well. Have a dozen cow horn okra plants and more peppers starting to sprout. I also purchased and released 3,000 lady bugs into the garden this evening, hope they do well.

Nice. Most of mine coming along nicely as well.
We have tons of ladybugs - though I am in rural area.
We used to have many thousands of them 'overwinter' in gap behind brick facia before I sealed up gaps on top better.
Still have tons - prolly because I let front 20 acres hay field flower up in spring - I only bother to get 1 hay cutting per year.

Update on the main garden. One squash is flowering. Lost two squash randomly. Too tired to walk to the other two gardens.

Your garden looks great

Any tips on growing peppers.. the ones i got are serrano peppers.

I plant mine the same way I plant my bell peppers, which is similar to the way I plant my tomatoes, except closer and not as deep. They are easy to grow.

Nothing special to them. Besides tabasco, serrano is probably the highest yielding pepper I grow.

They like lotsa sun, and make sure soil drains well.
Get you at least 1 jalapeno and 1 or 2 bell pepper too - they are easy to grow and put out tons of fruit till it freezes if all is well.
They can get heavy with fruit so be prepared to stake them as they get larger.

Excess fruit stores easy in freezer/freezer bags chopped up, for stews, gumbo, chili, etc.
Use gloves when slicing up a large batch of hot peppers - ask me how know!

How do you know?

Ate my first ripe tomato yesterday. Garden is looking better than any previous year before.

I hate you.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

I had 3 tomato plants going in grow bags before it was safe to plant outside. Then the great freeze of '21 came and I didn't know how they would do with it being that cold inside the house but they survived. After it passed and seemed safe, I put them in the garden. I figured I would try and get an early start this way and it has worked out so far. Got a batch about to turn red, YUM.

Actually, I will be doing this for now on. Get em big early and transplant them.

Well I released 3,000 lady bugs into my container garden, and it looks like maybe 6 or 8 stayed around.