whats in the garden

My coneflowers are almost done blooming as well as the Shasta daisies, but the brown eyed susans are still glowing yellow and are quite beautiful right now.  Last weekend I moved some peonies around and planted the irises Mom gave me.  It’s started to really get hot and humid outside so I’ve been having to water everything as regularly as I can.  So far I’ve had one bloom on my eggplant that didn’t produce any fruit, but I have two more buds for flowers.  I have teeny tiny banana peppers starting to grow and more flower buds about to bloom.  I have tons of green tomatoes on my 4 tomato plants, some are just now starting to turn red.  I’ve picked 6 zucchini from my two plants and am hoping to get more from the buds on the plants.  Today I picked my first yellow squash. I have a row of onions that will probably yield small but yummy bulbs.  The bunnies have eaten all the greens off my carrots so not sure how many carrots I’ll get this year.  My garlic isn’t looking great either. There are blooms all over my pumpkin but no fruit yet, although I have a mystery squash in the back part of the garden that my neighbor planted in that is making small round fruit.  I’m not sure if it’s pumpkin yet or maybe some gourds.  Already this year has been a much more successful harvest than last year.  I’ve been having fun watching everything grow…and eating the profits.  This week I’ll make a couple loaves of zucchini bread to take camping with us. 
I also worked on the beaded garden a bit this evening.  I’ve been working on a project for a wedding that Chris’s cousin asked me to help with.  I’ll have pictures in the next week or two.  I’m taking another set of colors camping with us in hopes I’ll have some time now to string up some beads.  It probably won’t happen but better to be prepared. 

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