Steve, next time you try cabbage try direct seed. I hear transplanting cabbage is not the best. Carrots take a long time and thinning is essential, otherwise they tangle up together. I learned that one the hard way.
I'm still having trouble with my tomatoes. I haven't had any luck other than the cherry tomatoes and even then just so-so. I do have three plants in the hoop house as a trial run this year. One of each: determinate, indeterminate, and a cherry. I think my season is off as they don't fruit in high heat. I'm learning something along the lines of planting in November for an early April/May harvest. All I know is when I figure it out, my pantry will be filled! But mostly disappointment until then.
I did put them in the main bed the first year, but the worms destroyed them, the pepper plants, and tomatillos (which only gave empty papers). So, hubby says never again! I agree, never again in the main bed.
We use the bed for an array of veggies throughout the year: green peas, beans, onion, carrot, radish, beets, parsnip turnip, head cabbage, head and leaf lettuce, celery, cucumber, squash, pumpkin, kale, and various melons. Corn did really well, too, but again silk worms and space has determined not to be in the main bed anymore. We had success with Brocoli and cauliflower, but they are space hogs, so I do brocolli rabe now.
