My pumpkin plants have got to be the most successful plant thus far. I have so many blossoms each one a beautiful yellow star shape. I'm curious to see how many pumpkins I will get. Right now two of my plants are starting to grow out of the planter boxes and onto the ground. My third one I'm afraid does not know what to do with itself. I'm afraid I did plant them a bit too close together. I found that it is impossible to learn everything from reading gardener books, it is best to experiment and learn from your mistakes. (Although a little research never hurt anyone!) This year I planted my onions too close together and although they will still taste good their size will suffer.

I dug up some more grass a couple of weeks ago and created what I call the berry garden. So far I have three raspberry plants which will be paired with some blackberry plants. Behind the berry bushes I have a crop of corn. I planted the corn pretty late this year but I saw a flat with ten corn sprouts for three dollars so I figured, "what have I got to lose?" Since I planted the corn it has doubled in size! I hope they are able to reach full maturity before the frost. Next year I plan on planting corn again in this area with three different pumpkin plants growing between the corn and the berry bushes. I know, my obsession with pumpkins is a bit over the top but all the different varieties are just too tempting I've got to try them all!


My Tomatoes are starting to grow. I have had a couple of ripe tomatoes off of my yellow pear heirloom. The other variety is a Roma tomato. My celebrity tomato has had plenty of blossoms but the fruit has not started growing yet. All of my tomato plants are about 4 feet tall now. The only one I'm worried about is my green zebra striped heirloom. This tomato plant is huge but it has not produced any blossoms. This tomato is in a container and is apart from the other tomatoes so maybe it has something to do with the soil. I've tried adding tomato food but no luck so far, suggestions anyone?