Gardening

This year I got our garden beds set up with the help of my dad.  We planted strawberries in one 4 foot square box.  They taste tart so I read on the internet to snip all flowers the first year and the strawberries will taste better the second year.  We planted tomatoes and bell peppers in the second 4 foot square box.  So far nothing is growing on these.  The first 4x8 foot bed had zucchini, cucumber, and peas.  The peas died early in the summer.  We got a bunch of zucchini but then the hot weather followed by a lengthy thunderstorm killed the zucchini.  The cucumber then did well, but I need to build a cage to protect it from the critters who keep nibbling on the cucumbers.  The back 4x8 foot bed had a watermelon seed that only produced a weed and cantaloupe seeds that have grown vines to cover the whole bed.  We have 10 small cantaloupe.