The garden is ok. We pulled a cauliflower. The flowers were starting to grow uneven but I was waiting hoping it would “fill out” more. It never did and the stalks got kinda “woody.” Oh well. We steamed and ate it anyway.

My tomato plants decide to flower out nicely and there are many green ones of various sizes out there. Not as good a crop as last year due to my waiting too long to start them in the house…but at least we have some.

The corn is doing something!!! Despite being in pots. Two of the plants so far have “tassles.” They are really pushing it to produce “fruit” before the cold weather gets here…but I’m rooting for them!!

I took another zuc out - a small one this time as I caught a slug doing a number on it. We have a few more that medium to large that I’ll get in the next couple of days probably.

I noticed another of the potato plants has died so I’ll need to dig those potatoes up soon. Wish the rain would quit long enough for me to do it without getting wet…

First berry picking trip yesterday evening! Yay!

A good hike too! Got about 16 oz. for an hours worth of picking. If you haven't wildcrafted berries before, it not quite as easy as one would think. *Hunting* out a good patch is most of the challenge then were the weather conditions, etc. just right, has someone else been there before you... ;-) Wild harvesting is work! But worth it. Will go further up the mtn. next time to try to get into them thicker.

All in all a good first trip though! :-)

Ok, three days later I brave the spiders for the first official picking of raspberries! A full 1 cup measure...8 oz. Not much...but there are a bunch more still ripening! :-)

Dug up the second of our four potato plants...the leaves on this one had all wilted and turned yellow too. Approx. the same amount of potatoes and sizes as the last one.

The pea plant leaves have begun to turn also. I found only two more pea pods...so I guess they are done. Disappointing. A handful more plants than last year but not much more "fruit" to speak of. Hmm.

Berry season is upon us. Planning to go up the mountain tomorrow afternoon/evening - hopefully.

Happy Gardening...while it lasts! ;-)