Pumpkins!

I am proud to report that out of the few plants that made it from seedling to garden and thrived are these beautiful pumpkin plants. Off to the right are turnips, which I've never grown before but am hoping do well! It's been so hot here that none of the peas made it. I've got a tomato plant and a couple of pepper plants still hanging on in the back gardens. We'll see...it just hasn't been a good year for growing!

Peppers...

So far, the pepper plants look good. Last year, I lost most of my peppers to slugs or some other unknown bug. This year I've got 6 plants total- three bell and three carnival pepper. Hopefully I can keep the bugs off long enough to actually eat the veggies!

Peas= Total failure

I wish I had taken a picture of my failed sugar snap peas, but I was so discouraged I pulled them all out before I could. Last year, I had beautiful snap pea plants that produced absolutely wonderful peas. This year, I transplanted them and we promptly had a late frost. I didn't think this would be a problem, but two weeks later we had 90-degree weather. I think they just couldn't make it against the rapidly fluctuating temperatures. The leaves yellowed, dried up, and died. I watered them, I gave them compost and good soil to grow in, they got plenty of sunshine and still they died. I was really looking forward to sugar snap peas!! I planted another row directly outside last weekend, and they have sprouted. I just don't know if they'll have enough cool weather left to thrive in, as it's been almost 90 degrees again a few days this week. So much for Connecticut's temperate growing season!