Vegetable Garden

So we decided at the beginning of April (4/4/09) to start a vegetable garden. We added tomatoes (regular and cherry), butter lettuce, and two kinds of peppers. We are not really green thumb kind of people but we thought we'd try it out anyway. Shaun dug a trench so we could use some old wood we had to make a border. Then we added soil. Here are some pictures of when we first planted them:



And here are some pictures from a month ago (4/21/09). The original lettuce leaves died off and these are the new ones that have grown in. We have little babies on our cherry tomato plant and a little bud on our poblano pepper plant. I'm so excited.


Pictures from 5/5/09:



Pictures from 5/21/09 & 5/22/09:



Our pepper plants are getting bigger but not quite producing because we have an infestation of ants who seem to be devouring the little buds. I've tried cinnamon, garlic & red pepper spray, cornstarch & sugar but nothing seems to keep them away. Any advice other than pesticides?