Autumn Blooms

The zucchini is in full bloom but still not a single actual vegetable on the vines.

The beans aren't as bright and pretty to look at, but they have at least delivered something edible.

In general, the whole garden is deteriorating along with the weather.

This eight legged garden dweller was hanging out looking for some food of his own.

Jalapeno Harvest

Over the last 10 days of being away, the garden has been exploding. One last burst before the real fall weather hits...

A record haul of jalapenos! The first one made it into a delicious tuna melt.

The yellow pepper has grown two monster peppers despite being leafless and bug ridden only a month ago.

The basil is flowering, but has already delivered several terrific salads.

And the late planted zucchini is getting too big for its tiny pot. Flowers are blooming but no baby zuch`s are yet to be seen.

Bees!

Here is one of the regular visitors to the garden. Apparently they haven't all disappeared.

Nature's Bounty

Mr. Tomato Plant is full of fresh plump juicy fruit!

The garden delivers a delicious

tomato

and

basil

salad

A New Hope....

I've just put up a late season batch of green beans, and some zucchini. The little guys are loving the sunny weather and have sprung up really quickly. So far I found one set of wiggly worms on one of the zucchini plants, but other than that they are doing well. Here's a pic of the first sprouter of the green beans.

More Nasty Critters

I am not the only one who wants to eat the food in my garden.

It seems every plant gets some sort of different infestation. The latest one is some weird black dots and tiny caterpillar looking things on the yellow pepper plant.

They have decimated 90% of the leaves and the poor plant is looking pretty pathetic right now. Luckily they haven't gotten to the jalapeno plant yet!

Glacial Progress

Almost three months later now and only in the past 2-3 weeks have we witnessed big changes to the plants.  A very cold and wet May and June did nothing for our friends; the lettuce had an especially hard time of things and leaves a bit to be desired taste wise.  One recently planted nasturtium is showing good signs of life although its friend is really struggling.  Our basil plants suffered a severe aphid infestation and were thrown to the wind.  Although we have good southern exposure from the rear balcony we receive little direct sun in the middle of the day because of the coverage from the balcony above.

New bird feeder; for our friendly finches. 

The tomatoes are finally coming along now but with many nights below 10 degrees earlier on our crop my be greatly diminished.

Tomato flower in full bloom - rather late

Come on Tomato! 

Recently planted are a couple of pole bean plants.  They are looking great and in a few days have soared toward the balcony ceiling.