Today's news

I find it hard to believe how much the garden has grown since the beginning of this month.

The zucchini and squash continue to be very prolific. I removed 4 large zucchini and 3 yellow squash today. There promises to be a lot more. I've given them to friends and neighbors. I plan on dropping some off at my cousin Lois's house tomorrow. I've saute the squash, used them in salads and broiled them. I am learning many new ways to cook zucchini. And I still have more. The cantaloupe and squash really know how to take over a garden.

I have to say that I'm disappointed in the peppers. They don't seem to be attaining much size. Mary told me to pick the one of the green ones because she didn't think it was going to get any bigger. I really didn't see any that I thought were ready to be picked regardless of the size.

I still hold hope for the eggplants. The plants certainly look healthy and they have plenty of blossoms, but so far none have developed into eggplants.

My tomato plant in the Topsy Turvy seems to be doing well. I have about 8 tomatoes on it of various sizes, but none large enough to start to ripen. There was a tomato in the garden that probably should be ripe enough to be pick tomorrow. I hope Mary picks it. We have lots of tomatoes on the plants but none of them are really large yet and they are still green. I keep looking for the day when we too many tomatoes for our needs. Don't know if that's ever going to happen.

The watermelon plant is really growing nicely and the green beans are getting bigger everyday. I don't know what I think of the Alabama method of planting the beans next to the corn. I expected the beans to wrap around the corn, but they don't seem to be doing that.

Till next time.