This is from my volunteer pumpkin that's taking up half the yard. Right now it's slowly being killed off by powdery mildew, and it has two smaller green pumpkins on another vine.
The squash in the old garden is almost completely killed off by powdery mildew. :( Since I'm committed to avoid dousing everything in chemicals, there's not really anything I can do about it. At least there's some small ripening squashes, and we got plenty of zucchini before it died.
Here is the squash section of the new garden. Still looking ok... but it's also being slowly attacked by powdery mildew. The pumpkins and cantaloupe are being hit the hardest. I've tried spraying it with neem oil and milk. So far neither has completely solved the problem, though perhaps they've slowed the spread. If I grow squash again, I'll be sure to buy varieties that are specifically labeled as disease resistant.
Corn is looking great! No problems with it so far, except for a big ugly worm that I killed while it was trying to get into one of the stalks. Most of the plants have two to three ears on them, despite being crowded so close together. Several ears are producing silk, but nothing's ready to eat yet.
The sunflower's bright, happy faces are turning into sad, droopy faces. :( But that's just because they're growing lots of great big seeds! I am going to cover most of the heads with cloth, which will hopefully keep critters from devouring them...
The remains of carrots, beets, and chard, after the deer snacked on them. I pulled up all the onions that were growing in this bed, and I'm drying them out now. Soon they will become onion braids!
Sweet potatoes, marigolds, lima beans, and nasturtiums. I have had very little success with the limas. They were attacked by everything from snails, deer, and bugs ever since they were seeds. Most of the seeds I planted didn't even sprout. I'll probably only get a handful of beans from them, if anything. I don't think this is a great climate for them. The sweet potatoes are looking healthy, except recently some of the leaves have developed rusty brown splotches... not sure what's up with that. At least the marigolds are doing well. Next year remind me not to plant any southern climate crops!
The first ripe tomato. I ate it. It was delicious. Unfortunately, it was just one little cherry tomato. I think my tomato patch got started too late and needs to be in a sunnier spot.
