Yall are having a great year. Very cool.

Todays...

Eggplant?

I know this is gardening but I have alot of bird of paridis plant seeds this year if anyone wants some.. They are yellow BOP

Would anyone know what this is growing on my grapevine? It's a mustang vine, they didn't make this year for some reason which was a 1st. Looks like a weird seed pod, I thought the seed(s) would be from the grape them selves. Maybe it turned into a hazelnut, for that's what it looks like to me.

Looks like woody gall.

Not much to brag about this year but my tongue is numb .

Looks like my second round of peas are going to make twice as many as the first. Running out of freezer space here.

Picking all kinds of cucumbers, to include a lot of pickle sized ones. Jalepenos are going crazy, and several jars have been canned of each. Chile pequins are kicking butt as well.

Tomatoes are about to be pulled, nothing but a few romas are fruiting, with the exception of a couple of the patio tomatoes that have a couple small tomatoes on them.

Bad year for us

How do know when watermelon is ready? I can tell with cantelopes because of color. I have never had much luck with watermelons until this year. I am thinking if I rotate and the stem comes off they are ready.

Today's harvest...

Fall tomatoes have had most blossoms fall of but they are just not starting to set. Hopefully is will cool of some soon but not to fast.

I had to read that three times.

Okay, so I have a buddy that just let me on a very small about 5x8 raised bed to the side of her backyard lawn. I know it's not much. I'm not looking to make her place look better. Neither is she. She just wanted me to enjoy a small patch to play with (you guys have dirty minds) since I've been in apartments for 5 years now. For that, I'm grateful.

It's full sun. I'll have to work the soil and add soil/compost on the nearly empty bed raised about a 1.5 to 2 feet above ground before I can do anything with it. Which nice because I can balance it from scratch to match what I'm planting. But other than that, what's my next move? I've forgotten just about all my plants since I didn't have any use to them during that time. I used to grow some great mixed use plots and beds about 7 years ago. I've become okay with indoor and full shade balcony container gardening. So I know how to maximize space. So I'm not too worried about the small size. Are there any ornamentals or vegetables that can planted or transplanted into full summer sun at this time of the year? I can match the soil to them. I'm afraid I might have to wait until mum and kale season.

Take a look on youtube for "square foot gardening". It's too late for tomatoes for this year but there are a ton of fall vegetables that can be planted now. Broccoli, cauliflower, most all greens and carrots are just some of the things that can be planted now.