I now have several small zucchinis, two yellow crookneck squashes and one spaghetti squash. The tomatoes are producing but it will be awhile before they ripen. Baby green beans all over! I've picked peas every day for the last week. I have two short rows, so won't get much, but I'm freezing them as I go, so maybe I'll have a meal or two from them. Lettuce is still doing ok, the second planting of radishes is about done. We're moving into warmer weather here, too, so that will do them in. I planted Romaine lettuce, which stands the heat pretty good, then a mixture in a spot that only gets about 4 hours of sun each day and it's doing well so far. 

I canned all but a few small beets and can't decide whether to pull up the remaining ones and plant something else or to wait until they're bigger. Another week or two shouldn't matter, but with the cool weather we've been having, I wonder if we'll get an early frost... always something to worry about!

 I've already had a full crop of broccoli, lettuce, beets and greens, mustard greens, beans and tons of snow and sugar-snap peas. There are pounds and pounds of snow peas, so I will blanch and freeze them, though they are so good fresh.

Lots of baby zucchinis, Brussel sprouts starting to grow out. Sunflowers coming mature already. I've been planting for a second crop of everything.

It's the best time of the year...harvested our first spinach and lettuce.  I keep thinking how much I save even with my little vegetable garden...It's great fun.

This year I tried different variations on planting, really am using every bit of space.  I'm thrilled to check things out on a daily basis.

 I had my first meal of my string beans today....yum!!!! It is so amazing how some veggies just appear the next day, once the summer is in full swing...

Beans are just coming in, hope to have enough to can by Wednesday.  Cherry tomatoes are doing well (planted those early), broccoli is about gone,  cukes are bearing like crazy.  These boys eat a half dozen cukes a week and the rest get pickled.  Yellow squash keeps producing male blossoms and not female. 

Lettuce is going to seed but I'll just shred it and eat it anyway.  

 Do you let the brocolli grow side shoots? I have brocolli until Nov that way. I collect them and throw them in the freezer until enough to cook for a meal.  Babs

I just made salsa from tomatoes and chilis from the garden!  It turned out great!  Used an assortment of tomatoes-romas, early girls, beefsteak, about 10 or so, plus 3 hot chilis and storebought lime, cilantro, green onions, garlic & salt, chucked it all in the food processor till it was the right consistancy.  Delish-I'm eating it right now!! 

It made a pretty big bowl and I still have a large mixing bowl of tomatoes to use.  Thinking I'll make marinara for the freezer next . . . anyone have a good recipe?  I have a bunch more tomatoes out on the plants that are starting to get red too, never have had so many before and they have the best flavor.

Am kinda feeling impressed with myself right now!

Wow, its sounds like a bumper crop!  Its a great idea too, salsa!  I wonder if you can freeze salsa?

My tomatoes are green but should be ripening soon.  My cukes are just about done too.  I have eaten a  couple and there are a couple more on the vine.  I pulled up the lettuce and gave it to my g. Pig and now DD put some flower seeds in that container.  My eggplant is coming in nicely too.

I am not sure I will do this again next year, I have to water once or twice a day and it really doesn't seem frugal in a drought situation to me.  So.. I might do this every other year, or just have one pot or so.  this was kind of too much work, too much water.

But... DD loves eathing from it!  That is satisfiying!

 The freezer part of my fridge is now jam packed with blanched spinach, peas, swiss chard, yellow squash and some string beans....I can't get another thing in the freezer.....this afternoon I went and bought a chest freezer and it will go in the basement. The veggie garden is starting to burst with everything now...it's so exciting....today when I was at the grocery store there were some local organic snow peas for sale $3.99 a POUND!!! OMG, that is so expensive. There is no doubt in my mind that I will save hundreds of dollars in growing my own and freezing my own veggies. The freezer I bought cost $369.00..filling it with veggies from the garden and eating them all thru the winter, the cost of the freezer will easily pay for itself, and then some...I also picked and froze 3 quarts of raspberries from one of my bosses gardens. I don't really like raspberries, but I will make muffins with them for company some times...local raspberries here are going for $4.29 a pint in the grocery store ....have loads of tomatoes growing, I can't wait to start making tomato sauce and freezing it....homemade sauce tastes nothing like the stuff from a jar from the store....have also dried lots of basil, dill, thyme, orenago, sage, french tarragon, chives and stevia, and hope to dry lots more for gifts.....jennylynn, congrats on all your veggies growing like crazy, homemade pasta sauce freezes wonderfully, and tastes just like vine ripe tomatoes in a sauce in the dead of winter....add a nice italian bread, small salad...YUMMMMM