My Green Thumb

Ok, so I don't have one (a green thumb, that is). I don't even know the name of this plant. I only know I have not killed it. It even has new shoots of leaves on it and seems to like me. I have had it for several months and call it "spike". My daughter told me we should name the plants as they are living. We studied trees and plants in homeschool and the kids learned how plants clean the air and produce oxygen, so we ran out and bought some. Only one fatality so far. A little guy(no name) was set to close to the stove :( He is looking like he might not recover. I decided not to name him until we know for sure.
So it seems most quilters are also excellent gardeners. I love all the pictures of your gardens and flowers. We decided to plant a small organic garden out back this year. Just a few tomato plants, some green beans, cucumbers and some herbs. I planned on a couple of pepper plants, but never got them in. Is it too late?

The tomatoe plants are coming along nicely. That is Greta and Hilda in the back, and it think Olga and Charity in the front. The kids named them. I will need to cage them soon.

The green beans are coming along fine. Maybe they need to be thinned out. These were exciting cause we started with seeds. The onions really need to be thinned out!

You can see little sprigs of chives (or is that dill?) along the garage in the back of the photo. Our lavender and chamomile sprouted nicely in the house, but disappeared outside. The basil is poking through the ground though.

Something is eating the leaves on the cucmbers. Any ideas on how to take care of that organically would be appreciated. The green beans, cucmbers, and herbs have no names. We are not altogether nuts, though I will not be suprised to hear my 5 year old calling a cucumber "Larry". So there is the extent of my green thumb. I think I should put a thimble on it and call it a day!