It's been some time since I updated this blog, so I think it's about time for me to do so.

Well, the corn did not come from outer space as I thought, it is a fungus called smut. I learned this thanks to the wonderful people at the University of Maryland. They are really great about helping you out with gardening questions. It did not seem to infect the other ears of corn, but I think that's because the worms ate the fungus before it could develop. I certainly hope we don't plant corn again next year. You can buy it so cheaply, it isn't worth the effort.

Mary took our first watermelon, but, like the cantaloupes, she said it was tasteless. She said the second one was mine. I think I'll wait until next week when my brother, Kenny, comes up to pick it. That is if the midnight raiders don't beat me to it.

The peppers finally seem to be growing and the walls of the peppers we've gotten from them are thicker. There appear to be a lot of peppers on the plants, so I'm happy about that.

The zucchini and squash are slowing down and the cantaloupe is done. The eggplants are really spreading out and both the Japanese eggplants and the plain old American eggplants are producing really nice fruit. The tomatoes appear to have slowed down but are still plentiful.

Both Mary and I have enjoyed this garden and look forward to next year's garden when we have a little bit of knowledge under our belts.

I'll update this blog if anything exciting happens, like we get more alien vegetables or a hurricane comes and wipes out the whole field. So check back from time to time. We have to be out of the garden by October 25 so I'll post the closing blog sometime in October.