Garden update

It's one of these gardening posts again. The garden consumes my life. It's a ton of work, but the payoff is huge. It means fruits and vegetables in the winter since I preserve (in many different forms) most of the harvest. That means I'm not having to buy a lot of sub-par fruits and vegetables in winter from grocery stores, with their jacked up Canadian winter prices. If you live in a country with a long growing season, count yourself lucky. 

Plantings this year and their status:

• Tomatoes (several varieties; striped roma, rainbow, some heirlooms) - doing well
• Chili peppers (several varieties, red habanero, orange habanero, nazgul's breakfast, sriracha, jalapeno, Carolina reaper, dragons tongue) - all doing well. 
• Squash (acorn and hubbard) - Okay, but a new plague: cucumber beetles (kill on sight).
• Corn (sweet) -- Doing well. Will need to protect them from raccoons as they get mature.
• Pumpkin (pie) -- Doing well, kill all cucumber beetles 
• Pickling cucumbers -- Not doing well, cucumber beetles and an animal that dug up the bed and killed several. 
• Zucchini  Did not grow this year
• Potatoes (yukon gold) - practically ready to harvest now
• Green beans - Good
• Green peas - Good
• blue peas
• Cabbage (green and purple) - Good, stay vigilant against the cabbage white butterfly larvae
• Brussels Sprouts - Unknown at this stage. 
• Broccoli and Cauliflower - Same situation as the cabbage
• Carrots - Good
• Asparagus - Did alright.
• Beets (yellow and red) - Bolted, so its a seed salvage at this point. Fuck. 
• Radish (Daikon and red) - Bolted
• Lettuce (green) - Good
• Garlic (already in the ground) - ready to harvest very soon
• Cilantro - Weird, but grew
• Cat mint - Good, raided by cats several times. 
• Strawberries Failed to survive dormancy in the winter. New plants installed in a different bed. 
• Gooseberries - Good
• Raspberries (perennial - 3-4 varieties, some berries this past year, but still young plantings and not a large yield) - Doing well, but not a large yield due to rabbit attacks through the winter - lesson learned - cover the bushes in winter. 
• Black raspberries (perennial - same situation as past year)
• Apple trees (2 varieties -Courtland and Russet young trees, no yield yet, long-term investment) - fruits observed!
• Pear trees (2 varieties -Bosc and Bartlett, same situation as apples) - Fruits observed!
• Cherries (2 varieties, Sweet and Sour, same situation as apples) - No fruits, still too young. 
• Canada plum (same situation as apples)
• American plum (same situation as apples)
• Hazelnuts -- new plantings, will be years before nuts begin.
• Dill - Doing well
• Leeks  Not this year
• Chives - doing really well
• Horseradish - good
• Lavender - good, bees are fans
• Basil - Trying to flower. 
• Celery -    Replaced with lovage
• Radiccio Not this year
• Marigolds 
• Nasturtium
• Kale - remain alert for cabbage white butterflies
• Montreal melon Not this year
• Moon and Stars melon Not this year
• Onions  - Doing okay, although I think the soil condition needs to be improved for them. 

Accurate depiction of how I feel when I make these posts, guess it's not too far off from reality anymore: