Blue Morning Glory

Once you plant them, you'll have them forever. I tried to weed them out of this garden bed so the peas could have plenty of room...but I missed this one. It's pretty.

Over the Top

First tomato plant to reach the top of a cage.

Little Troublemaker

This fella spent quite a bit of time yesterday gnawing on this rooster silhouette. Tough teeth. He left marks.

Baby Acorn Squash

Happy to see this little guy after doing battle every night with squash bugs. The white powder around the plant is diatomaceous earth. The supposed deadly organic option. It's only kinda working.

Little Sunflower

Could it Be? A tomato? Finally?

Mark the calendar. First date of harvest for 2011: August 3. Fingers crossed we have a growing season well into September this year since it got started so late.

End of Story for Sunflowers

Big wind storm over the weekend, so bye-bye sunflowers. I had several volunteer sunflowers in this flower bed, with one reaching amazing heights. Aviana measured it at 11 feet. Below is a picture of it last week.