We planted our tomatoes too close together this year. Here we have Caspian pink, Amish paste, and cherry tomatoes all balled up together. (I'm hoping for some of these to pink up before frost.)
This is the raspberry patch. The canes are hard to see due to the sweet potato vines growing up from the other side of the fence, the volunteer cherry tomatoes, and the volunteer cantelope.
I didn't realize when I planted scarlet runner beans that they aren't really good to eat. They're pretty, though. I might plant them again next year just for the splash of color.
Holy cow! This guy, and the two others I found, startled the daylights out of me. I've never seen such a huge worm - maybe 3 inches long and 3/4 inch thick. I threw them out in the native prairie. I'd been wondering who was taking bites out of the cherry tomatoes.
Caterpillar: By the way, I have a few more helpful hints. One side will make you grow taller... Alice: One side of what? Caterpillar: ...and the other side will make you grow shorter. Alice: The other side of what? Caterpillar: THE MUSHROOM, OF COURSE!
These guys have eaten all the parsley, all the dill, and now all the fennel is just about gone. But that's why I plant those herbs -- just for the amazing swallowtails. I've never known them to eat basil, but yesterday I saw one on a basil leaf. I'll keep my eye on it. Giovanni and Giulia collected several, and Giovanni will take them to school on Monday
Two Eye Workshop 