Getting close.

A lot of the plants are ready to be harvested, these include the Broccoli, kale, lettuce, radishes and arugula just to name a few.

Aphids

Some of my plants have aphids.  My tea plant, brussle sprouts, and bok choi are the ones that I noticed with aphids. I tried spraying them with insect killing soap.  The active ingredient is potassium salts of fatty acids.  It seems to have worked as long as the plants got good coverage.  I will check them again in a couple of days, and spray again as necessary.  The label says that it should be used every 5-7 days.  The soap also says that crops that are sprayed can be consumed at any point after spraying as long as they are washed off.

Bolting vegetables

This is a pic of a bok choy plant that is bolting.  There are a lot of my vegetables that are starting to bolt, which is to bad for me.

This is my Camellia sinensis (tea plant).  It is doing well and has some new growth emerging.  It is in a spot that gets a few hours of early morning sun and shade for the rest of the day.  With the hot Sacramento summers it probably can't take any more sun than that until it is well established.  It is also in a spot in my yard that will receive plenty of water.

This is a picture of my pluot tree.  It is hard to see but it has a couple of spots that are covered with aphids.  If you look closely though you can see several lady beetles.  I will keep an eye on the aphids, I am hopeful that the lady beetles will be able to keep them in check and I won't need to spray.

Transplants

With the warmer weather the seeds that I started in transplant trays are finally growing.  I planted my first set of transplants into the ground yesterday.