How the garden does grow...

Wow, the end of July already.  I've given up planting anything more this year.  Only finished a bit of the fence and it appears that nothing is growing.  Guess the seeds were too old.  I'm planning on transplanting a few more things in the flower garden.  Right after I put the seeds in, we had one of those torrential downpours and some of the seeds migrated to new and different places.  They need to move.
And I didn't expect things to get so big.
I'm counting this as a learning year.  There are a lot of plants out there that I have never tried before.  The seed packets were all mixed and I have no idea what's what.
And things are getting big.  The cherry tomatoes are about the size of plums and haven't even started to turn yet.  The yellow tomatoes are getting huge

And so are the Big Boys.

The tomatoes plants are getting out of hand.  I need to figure some other way of keeping them off the ground.  The stakes I started out with won't hold all the weight.

This volunteer:  Has the distinction of being the farthest flung tomato plant.  It's growing next the fence on the side of the yard. 








And the garden is all the way over there.

I'm leaving it right where it's at.  Maybe it will distract the dogs.

Though, I'm happy to say, Dusty has been staying out of the garden, at least for the time being.

The banana peppers are really going to town

 

I just picked a whole bunch Sunday and there are more to harvest.  I've been eating them on sandwiches, in salads, and just plain.  I'm gonna hafta get some jars and start putting them up.
If ya all want some just stop on by...

The bell peppers seem to be getting off to a slow start, but there are a couple of them with peppers.

The large bottle gourds are an impressive plant.

I'm fairly certain they are making their way up the tree, I just can't tell.

They're mixed in with the grape vine and it's impossible to tell where one stops and the other starts.
and They are starting to mix in with the cucumbers too.

If I had known how aggressive these two were gonna be I would have left more room between them... 

The lone small bottle gourd is holding it's own.

It's latched onto the old cloths line post.  I was hoping something would.

The herb garden is still looking good.

My two potted plants are looking healthy and happy.  I think the oregano in the pot looks healthier than the two I planted in the garden.  I'll have to remember that net year.

The basil has little flowers on it now.  I had no idea that it would do that.  This is the first time I've grown basil.

I've been working on the flower beds the last couple of days.  They were all in need of serious weeding.  I've weeded the two smaller ones.

But the big one still needs work.

There's another trumpet vine on the back fence.

I'm gonna leave it alone.  If I can't have morning glories then a trumpet vine is a good substitute.

All in all things are going OK.

But there's always more work to do.