Too bad those carrots won't grow, I've grown them before here and they work out well. It may be a soil pH issue? The tomatoes look good, I hope the low temp doesn't kill them off, but tomatoes don't like the cold. The jalapenos look great, I have lots of peppers in my yard along with tomatoes! I'm glad you got some vegetables to eat out of the garden, I know how it feels to be gone for a couple weeks and things turn into a jungle! lol
Yes, you're right, it's probably something with the soil. Not everything can grow on this soil, but that's why beans are the winner. I've never tried changing the pH in the soil before, so I still have a lot to learn, and I'm unsure how it would affect the other plants here...
I've been lucky to have great soil, so I'm far from an expert on that either. Maybe even adding a lot of organic material like sterilized manure and tilling it in might even to do the trick, my parents used to do that around their property. At any rate you can find anything online anymore! I'm glad the beans worked out so well!
Yes, all that is true. However, I find it interesting that weeds grow so prolifically; it seems that they are best adapted to this soil. If we didn't cultivate this field, in a few years there would be a forest there, like the one I have next door, on my neighbor's plot.