Our tomatoes are doing well. They were inflicted with late blight, but it hasn’t been to harsh, and they are producing lovely. It seems everyday there is a little bag-full of cherry tomatoes for Tom to take for lunch.
The cucumbers are growing beautifully. I purposefully planted the close to the edge so they would trail over. I love it. The critter that has been skillfully eating our squash and zucchini blooms hasn’t taken a liking for the cucumber blossoms, thankfully. We should have a bountiful harvest. (Tom and the said critter are alike in that way I guess, he adores zucchini and cares little for cucumbers!)
Our herb garden is growing daintily. I adore this purple basil. I think I’ll grow it in some pots next year, as just a decorative plant. Also featured are sage, lemon thyme (that smells heavenly), rosemary, broad leaf parsley, and oregano.
Least you think we’re only successful around here, here is a sad picture of my peppers afflicted with bacterial wilt. I keep thinking they still might produce but I think I would be better to just pull them out. Sad eh?
Our eggplant were similarly affected. They will bloom and then the blooms will just brown and fall off. So sad, I was REALLY looking forward to breaded eggplant.
As I previously mentioned my zucchini have flowered and flowered only to be skillfully robbed by, I’m assuming, a squirrel. Oh how I wanted to have so many zucchini I was forced to make zucchini bread. I have dumped large amounts of critter repellent to no avail. My latest attempt is I made a cage of chicken wire and surrounded the squash and zucchini.
(I bought a sprayer and chicken wire at an estate sale today, both for only six dollars!)
(I apologize for these pictures, I realize they’re horrid, but I wanted to take the pictures while I was thinking about it, and not wait for less sunlight.) This picture is just to feature the impatiens I grew from seed this year. My seedlings have all been so successful. My list for next year gets longer and longer each day! 
I continue to be amazed by these zinnias. They’re so tall!
This last picture is for Sabina. My red dahlia is rather short (because it fell over) but check out this guy! It’s probably three feet tall. What’s with this bed? It must have been pumped with growth hormones!
