I love gardening! It can be frustrating at times though between insect infestation and relentless heat.

There is just something that relaxes me to the core when I go out and tend to my plants. I am so hoping this year that my veggies do better then last! I had a heck of a year with leaf cutter Beatles, and the incredible heat and drought!

The year before last was a great one I had crops all through out the summer but last I couldn't even get anything to make a recipe with it was awful.

I have been thinking about what to plant. I know for sure we will have peppers Jalapenos to be exact. Tomatoes for sure, but what else? Cucumbers are cool but again last year one day they were thriving and the next the shriveled into nothing. Hmmm I guess Ill see what the nurseries have. I don't start my plants from seed, I tried once but when they sprouted the cats ate some and the rest dies once planted it was very sad.

I was thinking of trying some sort of bean like pole or green beans but I don't know how well they would do, Eggplant grows very well maybe Ill get one!

We have decided to get some of that sun tarp to place over the garden this year to try and deflect some of that killer sun!

I pulled my Cabbage the other day and only got a few small heads the rest never formed. I pulled the 3 year old Artichoke it was covered in tiny bugs and it had seen its day. My leaf lettuce went away too, I was so over eating it! The Broccoli remains until it stops producing because we eat a ton of it.

Do you garden? If so what do you grow?