My garden has been flourishing under the hot weather we’ve been having. By necessity, I’ve needed to spend some extended weeding time. Last time (2020) I had a garden I let it get out of hand (in July) - and this year I really wanted to make sure that I didn’t let it get like that again.

So….I’ve been spending at least an hour a day weeding the last few days - needing to get this work done!

Here are some photos of the plants I’ve got growing. And when you see weeds, be assured that compared to any other year I’ve had a garden, the weeds are being picked - they are in piles all over the ground. I’m hoping they will just disintegrate and become compost.

Sunflowers -

Definitely different from the other one shown

Zucchini - I do have many (10, I think) smaller plants - but this is the biggest one.

My biggest plant so far

Lots of female flowers - so far no male and no flowers open

Pumpkins -

This plant wants to head out into the great beyond

Interesting leaves

So far no sign of flowers even

Hopefully soon flowers and shortly after that, small pumpkins!

Corn -

I have a total of 7 spotty rows

Corn plants - they won't be tall as I planted a dwarf kind

Peas -

This is really all the different things I planted this year - but I hope to have a decent crop of each of these things. Except maybe peas. The weather has been a bit warm for them. We’ll see.

Anyway - I need to take pictures once in a while for my own sake - to see how things are growing.

Have a great day and thanks so much for reading along with me!

(Oh - and one my “bucket list quilts” is a canning jar one. I want to use garden veggies. Maybe ho-hum for some, but I still want to. And I’d love to do one with bugs. :)

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