The self-watering containers are full of thriving, beautiful vegetable plants! So far, the few casualties have been caused by attack of the yard critters - either baby squirrels or birds. I am thinking it is the former since I have also caught them rummaging through my herbs, looking for nuts that do not exist. I will need to replant some beans and a zucchini, too.
I caged my tomato plants just in time for this weekend's rain. I don't think they would have survived if they were not caged. This morning, though, I discovered aphids on one of my tomato plants. My sister advised not waiting for the rain to stop to spray them. So, with the assistance of my daughter, the plant was saturated with insecticidal soap and covered with a trash bag to keep the soap from washing away in the rain. This was sister's idea - she is an experienced gardener so she has been a wealth of information for me in this entire gardening process.
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