My grandson is 5 1/2. He used to be afraid of every kind of bug, including moths. No longer afraid of moths, but seems to still be afraid of most other bugs. But it seems that when he's at the garden helping, he forgets about the bugs.

I cut one of my cucumbers off the plant and ate it today. The first one ripened I left too long. There is another one on there and it is really small yet. One of my spaghetti squash is mostly yellow now, so should be ready to harvest soon. I have a couple yellow tomatoes to pick and soon a couple of Cherokees, plus I have 4 small Anaheim peppers and one small eggplant that I should pick tomorrow. My second spaghetti squash isn't close to ripe yet, but it has grown quite a bit and should be a perfect size for me.

Cathy, how big is your plot? You are getting a lot from it.

I picked one Lemon Boy today. I guess something got to the other ripe one. Something also got to my piggy-back Cherokee. I have two Cherokees almost ready to pick (probably tomorrow). I hope nothing gets to those two. They are high up, but the Lemon Boys were, too. When I watered the cucumbers today I noticed that I have 4 more little tiny ones on the plant. They are about the size for sweet gherkins, one even for minis.

Cherie, your flowers are beautiful. Mine are all pretty much kaput now.

Went down to the garden today and got this produce. Cherokees are almost ready to pick too (2 or 3 of them, very small). I hope the spaghetti squash was ready to pick. It looked like it was completely yellow, but had a little green on it when I got it picked.

I cut a Cherokee tonight on a salad with some chicken. That tomato was the best tasting thing on my plate. I should go cut a Lemon Boy and see how I like it. I keep reading about people eating tomato and mayonaise sandwiches, but I can't eat the mayo. Can't wait for the others to ripen now that I have some lettuce to make salads with. They have some new cut up lettuces and I got the chopped romaine. Makes it a lot easier to fix my salad. I don't think I would be successful growing lettuce here.

Cherie, that sounds like a great idea to sell bouquets from your garden.

I got some Smart Balance Mayonaise and am hoping I can use it. Otherwise I don't know what I could use. I use vinegrette dressings. I can't have anythinng with milk in it unless I make it myself unless I can manage just a small amount. Apparently that is what has been giving me so many IBS problems.

Yesterday I got another Lemon Boy, one Italian tomato and two Celebrities. I have another Lemon Boy close, a few Cherokees that aren't quite as ready. I doubt if I'll get any more Italian or Celebrities.

Yesterday I was able to get about 7 tomatoes and bring them in. One isn't quite ripe, but I think it is ripe enough for picking. Everything else was completely ripe. There are several totally green ones out there, too.

@cherie8525 I hear you about reigning in the tomatoes. One year I planted 70 plants! Mostly because I had lots of different varieties of colorful heirlooms, but there were still lots of red ones as I liked to can too. I haven't canned for a few years now, as I watch my grandson and it wasn't safe to be doing that while he was underfoot. Now that he's in school, I'll probably grow more next year so I have enough to can.

We decided to put the garden to bed today. Picked the rest of the tomatoes off our 20 plants. Ended up with about 3 bushels, mostly green ones. Will be sharing tomatoes with friends, some will like the larger green ones for frying. Also picked the last of our 60-70 pumpkins. Have managed to give away most of them to the kids in the neighborhood, but still have plenty left to carve myself as well as cook up for pies.
Pulled the tomato cages and pulled down the top row of fencing. Deer can now get in and help themselves to the plants, and then we can till it up and haul mulch and horse manure to get it ready for next year. The deer already jumped the tall fence a couple of times and helped themselves to the beans. They were about done anyway, but the deer made sure of it!
Now I have to cook the zucchini to make puree for zucchini bread and freeze it (I use a pumpkin bread recipe, which calls for puree, so that's how I process those). Currently turning 6 quarts of ripe tomatoes into sauce.
We harvested all the spaghetti squash and acorn squash, but fortunately those can just sit downstairs in the bushel baskets until we're ready to cook the.
Hubby got a couple bushels each of indian corn and field corn from a friend who knows we feed the squirrels in our yard. Going to share some of the indian corn with friends to use for decoration, and get all the yellow corn in buckets to help protect it from any rodents that may sneak in the garage looking for food.