What did you do in the garden today?

[TerryH]

Lovely!

Thank you!

 

[lazy gardener]

Terry, impressive.

 

[TerryH]

Terry, impressive.

Thank you!

 

[LittleLakePhil]

The birds and squirrels get most of my stuff. But I have a fake owl and 2rubber snakes by this bed. Lol

I have a fake owl above the grapes too.
But it's been there a while and they areare used to it being there.

 

[Beekissed]

Picking sweet corn lately and it is delicious! Hope to can up the rest this week. Grand girl can pick the silk off an ear really well with those little fingers...Great Ol' Bat shows her the ropes on being a country girl.

Vines are all going crazy long about now....pumpkin, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, cantaloupe, watermelon and yellow squash all competing for space under the corn and through the taters. Beans and cukes taking off too.

Getting plenty of rain lately and the tomatoes are hanging ripe, needing picked and preserved. Seems like everything's coming on at once now, as per usual. I thank God for the bounty and the means to preserve it all.

Those blighty tomatoes are around 7+ ft. tall now, even after I had trimmed them off at 6 ft...they just decided they will grow anyway and I'm done pruning them. The Pruden's Purple win the blue ribbon this year for production, with the Brandywines coming in a close second. Getting some decent sized maters from those this year. Will save seed. The one cherry tomato is around 10 ft now and laying over the arbor over the garden gate.

The peppers have decided to perk up and grow, though I'm still not seeing production there, we usually don't until around fall.

My son's little BTE is producing accordingly, with watermelon and cantaloupe vines taking over the whole space of his little garden, little watermelons peeking through the vines now. Aliza likes to show me her "balls" growing in the garden...hilarious! Their stuff all looks gorgeous and lush, even the flowers are taking off and putting on a show. I need to get a pic of their garden.

 

[herfrds]

Pulled several hills of potatoes and been enjoying those! Weeds are trying to take over though. Have a nice bell pepper on one plant. Waiting for my green beans!

 

[MIRanger]

Finished filling the three raised beds I installed last weekend. Turned the compost, almost ready to be used. Getting everything for our fall planting, this next week.

 

[jerryse]

Better Boy
Large cherry . 3 pink ones on top from volunteer plant .
Close up of pink and a red cherry .

 

[TerryH]

Couple fun shots from the garden. The sweet potatoes have taken over the west side!!



The volunteer moon flowers that I decided to leave have gone nuts as well.

 

[mich9510]

This happened to my jalapenos overnight....

Can anyone find the culprit?

Yes folks it's your friendly neighborhood Luna moth caterpillar!

I almost feel like I should let him live.....he's impressive - ate two whole jalapenos along with every single leave off of the plants.