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I agree that the yellow sounds like a nitrogen deficiency, maybe depleted from excess water and being rootbound. Don't know about the rest, but maybe the nutrient imbalance is leaving it a bit more vulnerable to other issues. Good luck! My raspberries (in sand) looked like this earlier. I dosed...

Wifezilla--almost all garden plants like to be in full sun and will do fine when planted there as seeds. It's an issue when they get there as plants (from inside) and haven't been fully acclimated to their new spot. Good luck with the eggplants! I have a recipe you might enjoy (very low carb)...

The side dishes came from the garden tonight--steamed asparagus and potato-sunchoke-green onion hashbrown pancakes. Yum! Wish I had gotten around to making a rhubarb dessert, but I didn't, so we had Reese's peanut butter cup S'mores instead :)

Aha--I finally found my recipe :) Pea Vine And Spinach LasagnaHarmony Valley Farm 1 bunch pea vine, separated, stemmed, and chopped 4 cups spinach 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 bunch green onions, sliced thin 2 T olive oil 2 cups tomatoes diced (canned or fresh) 1/4 c. fresh herb, your favorite...

Hattie--Honestly, it has been so long since I used it that I can't remember what it trapped. Not Japanese beetles, though, since we didn't have them back then. I'm going to try it this year in my raspberries and rhubarb, which get a vicious Japanese beetle infestation yearly now. I'd love to...

Lack of nitrogen...

DM--Tell me more!! I have nettles everywhere but not enough ways to use them. Can you please explain your tea in as much detail as you have time for? Thanks so much! I'm enjoying stir-fried asparagus, fresh heirloom lettuce salad (see Seed Saver's Exchange famous blend), spinach, walking...

Mine ALL goes to the chickens. Those wonderful gals turn it into meat or eggs, and whatever is wasted goes back into their deep litter. We have a fresh litter pile (not usable) and last year's manure pile, which has been turned through the year and used in spring. It's sure doing a great job...

Do you know the name of the pest? It might help in figuring out to deal with it. Here's a recipe I used to use for attracting pests. Not sure how it will work for you... It's for Japanese beetles, but I've used the same thing for other bugs. Also, we found disease-resistant trees that don't...

I have this problem, too :P This year, I transplanted lettuce from thick patches into the thinner or nonexistent areas and it's doing quite well!

Were they properly hardened off before planting? That sounds like what happens to my plants when I don't give them enough time to acclimate outside before being planted in full sun/wind. I hope they make it!

I learned last year that the greens are edible, so this is a way to extend the harvest!

The purple beans are great for eating raw :) I love the yellow ones just for interesting color. My favorite green bean is Slenderette. It holds the beans for SO long without getting overripe and each plant is loaded!

This is my favorite. The dressing and crunchy topping are great on other salads, too! Cabbage Salad 1 head cabbage or pak choy 1 bunch green onion, sliced 1 pkg. Ramen noodles cup sunflower seeds 2 T olive oil cup almonds cup sugar cup red wine vinegar 3 T soy sauce cup olive oil pinch of...

This sounds too good to be true, but we're in big-time deer country and had huge problems with them eating the growing tips off ALL the fruit trees and rubbing their horns on the bark. Take old panty hose, stick in 1 bar of Irish Spring soap into each and tie it onto the tree. We have had NO...

Frozen kale holds its shape pretty well. Chard, too, but not quite as well as kale.

Tryingtohaveitall: Can you give me more details? Like, how much oil and vinegar? It sounds GREAT!! My new favorite is a heaping bowl of spinach, 1-2 green onions slivered on top, 1 fresh-from-my-farm boiled egg, vinaigrette. What a wonderful lunch! Oh yeah--and an iced glass of black raspberry...

What does the damage look like? If tiny little holes, probably flea beetles. If huge missing chunks off the edges, maybe tomato horn-worm caterpillars. If damage all over, maybe Japanese beetles (ours are not hatched yet, but I don't know what zone you're in...) Flea beetles you can ignore. The...

Hi--Chickens I would worry about, but I don't think songbirds do garden damage. In fact, I lure them to my garden with sunflowers and then hope they will stay to eat insect pests :) If you have plants pulled out, I would look to rabbits as your culprits. Good luck!

First year should be no problem. The second year, the seeds will produce a combination of what their parents were (could be a mixture of gourds and pumpkin genetics).