The squash is winning big time!

This Sundance summer squash has half a dozen little squashes on it, and I am sure there will be a lot more to come.

This Burpless cucumber is growing in a semi circle. I guess it doesn't really matter. Maybe they are suppose to grow that way; hmmm, I'll have to check on that.

Tomatoes at last!

Sweet 100, cherry tomatoes. There are half a dozen or so already.

Roma tomotoes. There are actually two of them, but you can only see the one in this photo.

Better than a scarecrow!

The garden guardian, Mercedes, watching me work. She lays in the shade of the tree while I sweat in the sun. However, her real job is at night. She keeps the deer out of the garden. The first night after we planted I found deer prints in the garden; luckily nothing had been eaten. Since then, I have left Mercedes to sleep outside overnight and no new prints have appeared. Yay for big dogs!

A closer look at the vegies.

Of course the zucchini is growing the best. It will probably take over the garden and maybe even the whole 1/2 acre yard!

Kentucky Wonder pole beans. Planted on June 27th. They have grown over two inches in less than two days.

Jubilee corn. It's actually growing better than the weeds. Yay!

Radishes. We have a ton of them up already and they were just planted on June 27th.

Hooray for the vegetables!

Peppers (purple, yellow, red and green) and tomatoes (Celebrity, DX52-12, Sweet 100, and Roma). You can also see a few of the pumpkins to the right. We transplanted most of this on June 23 and 24. Just beyond the tomatoes are the beans and then all the way back are two Big Mac pumpkins. We'll see if we can really get them up to 100 pounds!

Let's here it for the cucumbers, squash, and melons. Corn is in the very back. We planted two kinds: Jubilee and Sweet Cream. Should be very yummy! The corn was planted on June 24 and we already have 9 little stalks coming along. Hopefully more will show up soon.

Herbs and roses

We planted some herbs in a pot in the courtyard. There is oregano, thyme, rosemary, basil, and key lime basil. They all seem to be growing pretty well, but the thyme and oregano are really taking off. They key lime basil smells so good! Now we just have to find something to use it in. We also got spearmint, variagated sage, pineapple sage, and cinnamon basil, but we haven't found a home for them yet. We might plant them in the back with the vegetable garden.

This is the Unicorn rose. It's the smallest of all the rose bushes we planted, but is growing the best. It has tons of new growth and blossoms. The blossoms are a little bit more of a coral color than we thought they would be, but they are beautiful!

The Snapdragons win!

Most of the flowers we planted out front are doing well, but the snapdragons look amazing! They're all growing, and blossoming, and have tons of new growth and buds coming in.