Third Full Season Recap (2019) - Part II

"When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden."
– Minnie Aumonier

Part Two of Three

Everything's looking pretty good (July 2019):

How tall will the sunflowers grow (July 2019):

Seriously, how tall are these suckers going to get, I thought they were only supposed to be knee-high sunflowers?!?!

I will take all of the broccoli please (July 2019):

Have I mentioned yet that I really, really love broccoli?!

Snuck away to San Fransisco for a friend's wedding (July 2019):

Probably the coolest photo I've taken in a while, the port-a-potty definitely pulls the photo together (July 2019):

Purple of Sicily Cauliflower (July 2019):

I was very surprised when I saw this purple cauliflower as I didn't plant any purple cauliflower seeds this year.  I don't have the slightest clue where it came from, but I'm glad it grew.

All you need in life are squash, corn, and really big sunflowers (July 2019):

The fire pit in the middle of everything makes for a great hangout spot (July 2019):

What the fire pit looks like during the day (July 2019):

"Tiny" is a Russian Mammoth Sunflower who grew to be over 11 feet tall  (July 2019):  

Can you spot me in this photo?

Bucket O' Garlic, because... why not? (July 2019):

Beans and Greens Harvest (July 2019):

A little bit of everything else (July 2019):

Squash blossoms (July 2019): 

These are incredibly delicious, they're normally pretty expensive at markets but if you grow squash then you get them for free.

The Dahlias are still growing nicely (July 2019):

The beans and the sunflowers are about to start duking it out (July 2019):

Oh my, I've created a monster (July 2019):

I couldn't harvest everything fast enough (August 2019):

A few days after harvesting there would be a lot more ready to be picked

One of the millions of bees enjoying the sunflowers (August 2019):

This pumpkin found its way onto a rock (August 2019):

B...E...A...UTIFUL (August 2019):

F^#*  (August 2019):

It turns out that when beans climb a trellis, if they cover the whole trellis it turns into a giant sail.  This was probably about the 12th time this damn thing blew over and it almost took out the cucumber trellis with it.  It's such a pain in the butt to put these back up too.

Picklin' Station (August 2019)!!!  

Oh my...Cabbage...  (August 2019):

I like cabbage but I didn't think they would get THIS big (I'm delighted they did though).  I weighed it but I didn't write it down and now I don't remember exactly what it weighed, but it was over 5 lbs.  See, you don't need any of that chemical crap to grow good produce.

Raining fire in the sky (August 2019):

I may or may not have been blasting John Denver when I took this photo.  Colorado is awesome, I don't think I've mentioned that yet.

Part Three of the Three Part recap is coming up next!