Hey, Diana.
How is everything?
Your gardens look beautiful. My yard does all right, mainly because of previous owners planting the right stuff. I’ve been a good shepherd for them, but that’s all the credit I can take.
I’m trying to get a good vegetable garden in. Last year’s tomatoes did well, but the zuke did not grow fruit. I’m reading the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Veg. Gardening and Veg. Garde. for Dummies. I just wish I had a complete list of what would grow best here, when to plant it, and how to take care of it. It seems like the information is scattered all over the place.
Wow...the only place I thought that zucchini wouldn’t grow is the top of Mount Everest.
I’m in NC - I have tomatoes on the vines, we have been eating leaf lettuce and spinach for weeks, the pepper plants (5 varieties) are blooming, the eggplant is growing well, have blooms on my squash and zucchini - everything is going great so far. We have had a very moderate spring, not too hot not too cold, good amount of rain. Looks like a bumper crop at this point ...
Have you tried calling your county extension?
Sometimes a web search will find books on your particular state—I found a fruit and vegetable gardening guide for Tennessee by Reeves and Rushing that’s pretty helpful.
County Extention service or local ag college can help you on varieties.