10-20 update

Just wanted to post some pics I took this morning before I get back to work preparing more beds.

first here is a pumpkin vine with a couple pumpkins growing :

Next we have the Red kale. Two of the plants have died. This is why I always grow a few extras so I will transplant two of them into this bed this evening.
 

Next a shot across the back garden area. A volunteer watermelon vine popped up so I figured I would let it grow and see what we get. These are the last two beds I plan on redoing and it won't be for a while so maybe we'll get a melon or two.

Here are some seedlings that I plan on transplanting later today. I have Pac Choi, a couple varieties of lettuce, some Fordhook Giant swiss chard, and some Grannex sweet onions to transplant. There are also some pepper starts but they need to get larger first.

Here is my broccoli and cabbage bed. I thinned them out this morning.

Next are the cucumbers which had done just fantastic this year so far.. The first pic shows four pepper plants in the front.
 

Now onto the squash. The last couple times I tried zucchini they failed miserably. So far these squash are producing well and the plants are very healthy.

Any day now I will be picking some beans. Here are the Royalty Purple beans.

And the Derby bush beans.

Finally a few squash and cucumbers picked yesterday and this morning.

And now back to work for me. The weather is excellent as a cool front blew through this morning.

First fall harvest

 The first harvest is always pretty exciting for me. Especially when you wait for so long and finally can pick something ready to eat. Well that day came today!! Cucumbers are loading down my vines!! I love these Asian cucumbers much better than any that I have grown before.

Here they are in all their glory:

Here is a lady bug doing her job on the cucumber leaf constantly looking for aphids to devour.

Here we have a few Pac Man broccoli plants and some cabbage. They still need to be thinned out. I plant a few together in each seed starter container because if I don't then I always lose a couple after transplanting them. This way I just thin them out when they get large enough to be certain they won't die.

 I also decided to try some red kale this year. I have never grown it before but after eating some a while ago I figured I would try growing it myself. It was quite good.
 

Finally a pumpkin that didn't get destroyed from the pickle worms. The Monterey Garden Insect Spray worked wonders on them. Since it is organic and similar to Bt I have no doubts about using it.

My squash are beginning to produce now, too. I'm not sure what variety this is because they all were given to me. This is some type of straight neck and I also have a few yellow squash plants.

And lastly a shot of the Derby bush beans which are really flowering well.