Summer Garden

The sun is scorching hot with temperatures over 100, and so I am amazed that my garden is still alive. The strawberries are a bit sunburned on the edges but they are still producing about 2 quarts a week.

We have several basil planted intermittently

throughout the garden as well as marigolds

to attract the right kind of bugs and

discourage all others.

It seems to be working well.

Tomato and tomatillo plants.

Our Anaheim chilies are doing great.

After we lost all of our squash to borers I

immediately replanted and now we have

6 thriving zucchini plants.

We have not been able to purchase canned

pumpkin for a year in this area and

so I planted a pumpkin patch.

Looks like I will be canning my own pumpkin.
Of course, I couldn't plant pumpkins

without planting some for carving.

I also planted corn.

In fact one of my gardens

is a fall garden with corn, pumpkins,

and miniature sunflowers.

All I need now is a scarecrow.

Our peaches are starting to ripen so it

is time to bring out the nets.

I noticed a few holes in some of the peaches.

I harvested my first grapes of the season.

They are on the small side....

...but they are sweet and delicious.

There are 16 more bunches

just waiting to be eaten.