Oh, little banana... =(

I was outside watering my plants when all of a sudden, my banana fell over, broken cleanly in two at the soil level. There was no wind (isn't windy where I am) and no cold snap. I have no idea why this happened. It seemed healthy otherwise, it has been recovering nicely since I had it indoors for the winter.

As has been chronicled in this blog (I believe) I have been nursing this thing back to health after it was indoors all winter. I got it used to the sun outdoors very slowly and it seemed to love it, no browning of large areas on the leaves and no drooping; only nice healthy leaves coming out...




Sad, sad day.

Found these guys today

...and tons of aphids on my pepper plant. Well, not as many as could be- I think I killed them all, but by far the largest amount yet I have seen in my garden. i found the spider in my sugar snap peas and the caterpillar on my pepper plant. I am trying to get them identified by bugguide.net.




Also, the bottom of my sugar snap peas are beginning to turn yellow. I know they are a cool season crop, but I definitely did not get the amount of peas out of them that I was told I would. I got about a few handfuls, when you are supposed to get a bucketful per plant. I hope they are not dying. =(

Latest- taken last week

This is the latest from the garden, taken a week ago. Things have even gotten bigger since then!

Sugar Snap Peas:




Fuschia:




Cilantro:

Strawberries:

Peach Tree and Raspberry:

Raspberry Fruit:

Some of my little tiny purple flowers (use them to attract pollinators and for ground cover):



Lavender:

Tomatoes:

Wildflowers (our butterfly garden). Wow, it's grown A LOT!: