Gardens are outdoors

I few weeks ago I built a garden box and planted radishes, carrots, peppers and tomatoes. 

The radishes and carrots germinated fine, I think the tomatoes did too, but the seedlings are still less than 1".  I may have lost a tomato seedling in a big thunderstorm today, I'll find out in the morning.

I have a large pot with banana peppers, Mexican green chilis and multicolor bell peppers in it.  Those are all growing great.  They are left over from seedlings I was given by my neighbor Jerry late last fall.  I got a tiny bit of production from them in the first round, but they are all lit up with veggies right now.  It's just a waiting game.

We picked up some cilantro, parsley and sweet basil from the garden center and those are in pots.  The basil is obviously thriving, the cilantro seems to be greening and thickening and the parsely is growing over one side of the pot, as if it's leaning into the sun.

The radish harvest is one week from today and I'll immediately replant.  Everyone else will take more time.


Problems to solve:
I may be getting too much rain into the box considering our frequent thunderstorms.  Even with the sandy soil in the box, it collected a LOT of rain today.  I may have to cover the box with a screen or clear plastic and water by hand.  I hope those methods would provide them with enough sun, but subtropical sun is strong so I bet it would be fine.

Problems to watch out for, based on the warnings of other gardeners:
Squirrels
Deer
Cutworms and their relation

I watched the squirrels today and they showed no interest thus far in my garden.  The yard was all engrossing.