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Hi greeneyes and everyone!

SQUASH:
Well, I’m among the “squashed” now! Barely...but there! LOL!
The other day, I was watering and moving some of the leaves aside on my white bush squash, and couldnt believe my eyes: there in front of me was a fully formed, ready to harvest, PERFECT little scallop squash! No others. No other buds. Still lots of blooms, but the the magic happened now at least once. Not holding my breath, but there’s hope, right?

The same thing happened a few days before with my zucchini plant. I have one tiny zuck forming - not yet ready for harvest, and no others. And so far, no TSquash are happening. Lots of blooms all around, however, which is an improvement over what was happening last year. So at least I can say there is progress.

Cucumber plant has one which is maturing. Several small baby starts dried up. So my gourd family plants seem to be consistent this year in producing sparingly. So far.

My friend to whom I gave the T-Squash seedlings has given me another T-Squash. And she’s giving them away hand over fist. Darlin and I are still working on the first one she gave us! LOL! Maybe it’s a blessing that the squashes in my garden are shy this year.

OKRA:
Okras are doing well. I have only one plant of the Eagle Pass variety, and let the first pod go to seed. I just harvested the seeds yesterday. I am so in awe of the abundance of almighty God. That one pod produced 72 (I counted!) seeds! The flavor of this little okra variety is very good. The Orange jing has been producing and I love the flavor of it too. I have two Clemson Spineless, and they are producing as well.

TOMATOES:
Last count was 37 on the vines. I was able to harvest a couple of the Cherokee Purple. Today, I could see a couple of small Atkins ripening. All 5 of my mater pots have green tomatoes. (!!!)

LEGUMES:
Asian Trellis beans are awesome! I’ve been letting them go to seed. I know that mostly they are eaten green, but I have elected to raise these for my seed supply.

I still have some green beans forming. I also noticed today that my pinto bean plant has some seed pods ready for dried bean harvest. Cranberry beans are finished and withered, so they are compost now. But they did well for me.

POTATOES:
Sweet potatoes are happy ...if I could beat back the grasshoppers who are dining on them. But the ‘hoppers aren’t getting much and the vines keep spreading and taking over the area near the old AC unit. They have long since escaped the pot and are wilding! Don’t know if we’ll get any tubers from the ones in unprepared ground, but this too, is an experiment!

The white potatoes are hanging in there and I just keep watering them. Some of their foliage has dried up and I’ve had to prune it back a bit, but as I said, they are hanging in.

PEPPERS:
My one little (supposedly - don’t actually know since I haven’t tried it) medium hot pepper plant has bloomed and now producing more babies. I am electing in this case to also let everything go for seeds. The two pods that came with the plant last spring are bright red and it will be interesting to see what I actually do end up with!

SUNFLOWERS:
:-D
that’s just how they make me feel: Unreasonably happy. They are at the bowing stage and we have lots of little bees around them.

AMARANTH:
What a lovely plant! I planted the red variety this year. It has these seed stalks which sort of weep from the surrounding leaves. Wow! Total fun experiment.

ECHINACEA:
Hmmmmm. Well, I havent been successful in my bid this year to increase my patch. I don’t know what it is that has taken hold where I thought they were new cone flowers, but whatever it is doesnt seem at all to be developing into them. I’m leaving the mystery plants there because they actually are a pretty green ground cover. Gotta see what I can do next year! LOL!

DAIKON RADISHES:
I don’t think I reported on them fully. I was going to let them go to seed, but something, and I never figured out what, was consuming them. I went ahead and pulled them up. The roots were kinda small and skinny. Compost. I don’t think I provided a very good home for them. But I still consider it to be successful because at least I know more about them and the process they go through to live and grow.

I’m not seeking to do a fall garden this year. I’m just going to see what the ‘maters and other stuff already there end up doing and we’ll call it good!

Hope all is well with all of you!
Blessings
texokie

Sounds like a very productive garden this year. I always get worn out by August, and don’t usually think about planting anything till fall. Winter wheat, garlic, a few cover crops.

Hubby on the other hand just finished his newest garden plot and was raring to go. So he’s been a busy little bee planting and harvesting.

We have more summer squash than we can possibly eat. Last year I pickled some, but I don’t think he ever ate even one. He keeps asking me how I can preserve them, and could I pickle them, and I keep asking him if he likes them pickled.LOL

I did promise that I would pickle a batch of zuke spears. Told hime we only needed a couple of plants. He planted 12 plants. Can you imagine what I’m probably going to have later this year?

What I don’t understand is how come we get such good growth of squash and zip canteloupe and watermelon? I know one thing, I am never planting another pea. Just not worth the effort. Got may\be 3 pods.