It’s the middle of September, but we’re still eating well from the garden.

We definitely have not got as many cucumbers as last year. But that’s ok – we had to give many of them away last year, so it’s not like we are going without this year.

Last year we were overrun with cucamelons, but this year I wonder if we’ll get many. There’s lots of flowers, but this is the biggest fruit so far.

Last year we were overrun with tomatoes. This year, I’d say it’s just about right. And those red ones on the right… that was a plant that seeded from last years. I dug it up and put it in a pot in late July. So it’s really just bonus fruit!

Thank you to Delighted Hands for the tip on when to pick peppers! These will be coming in soon! I think at least one may end up on a homemade pizza!

We’ve got all kinds of neat gourds and just two small white baby pumpkins. They will be nice for a fall display next month.

And… here’s a fun story. I planted two types of parsley – a plain parsley, and a fancy curly parsley. I planted them solely for the swallowtails, though I have snitched some of the plain parsley for cooking a couple times. Anyway, I explaining this to a neighbour the other day, noting that while I had caterpillars in the carrots, I didn’t see ANY in the parsley. She breeds guinea pigs, and said if I was looking for a home for the parsley (which had gone crazy) the pigs would be quite happy to take it off my hands!

A day or two later, she stopped by and we started cutting and bagging the curly parsley! And would you believe… we found no less than TWENTY black swallowtail caterpillars hiding in there!

We transferred them over to the carrots. There’s still half a bed full, so there’s more than enough there for them to eat (and plenty of carrots for us to harvest too!)

And last…

We’re still enjoying berries, and there’s still three melons left on the vine! There’s still plenty of summer to enjoy in mid-September!