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Originally Posted by Hog1

What did you plant?
Careful how much water they get......6 hours plus sun a day for most species....Over 80 degrees makes some things get a little....hinky....look at them often for signs of stress....bugs etc.
Tell me what u planted and I can help more
I have Toms, Peps, Corn, Okra, Pineapple, Bananas, Onions, Eggplant in the ground right now.

In the beds I plan on putting in these:

Cucumber
Zucchini/squash – I like zucchini a lot so I have maybe 4 or 5 different types
Carrots
Green Bell Peppers
Cantaloupe
Parsley
Chives (is this a running plant? Should I keep it in a separate container?)
Radish (same thing as the chives?)

In separate pots:

Horse radish (ive been told this can take over your garden and to keep it separate)
Tomatoes (I might put a plant or 2 in the beds also)

I also have a topsy turvy strawberry plant that will be hanging.

Plus a couple raspberry bushes and I wouldn’t mind getting a grape bush or 2, but only if I have time to build trellis’s that can be tied in nicely.

I also have these but will probably give them away unless I can find a spot to put them that doesn’t make my yard look like shit:

Water melon
Orange Water Melon (taste exactly like regular water melon but is orange instead of red…. I had it for the first time last year and thought it was crazy)
Pumpkins

^for the regular water melon and pumpkins I got the biggest varieties they had…., obviously.

I probably have a couple other things I cant think of; however, somehow i i meesed up and didnt get any jalapenos, habaneros or chillie peppers. Around 50+ plants total.

So I have two beds that are 8 by 3 and 16.5 inches tall. Plus a few pots and one hanging plant (just typing this makes me want to get a second hanging plant for symmetry). The area gets good sun, at least 6 hours of direct light (too much?) I plan on building a trellis/lattice type screen to add slight shade and to make it look nicer. Probably wont do that for a month or 2.

Also I want to plant some things that will naturally keep pests away. Any good ideas? Someone told me Marigold flowers will keep things away. Ive heard citrus plants/herbs repeal some pests too. I surrounded the 2 beds with mulch to make it look nice and I am going to put a few bags of cedar mulch on top, as ive been told cedar is good for keeping pests away (beds are just pressure treated 2x6’s).

All that said im not a hippie or anything and would love to spray the entire yard with ddt if I could, so if you have any recommendations on chemical pest controls please advise. Probably gonna get a fake owl for bird control and perhaps a “sprinkler scare crow” too for dogs and deer.

Im also thinking about a rain barrel. If anyone has a rain barrel, a great idea a co worker told me about is to tie your ac condenser water pump into it, which will give you up to a few gallons a day when its real hot. Also if you compost or have good soil you can get special bags to put the dirt in and then suspend them to soak in the water barrel, making super nutrient rich water for your plants.