I had a female flower open this morning on the butternut squash plant along with a lot of guys. Finally! It's on one of the plants that the deer nearly stripped of leaves, so I hope it makes it.
The zucchini plants are looking a little better now that it's not 100 degrees out there. They're also in a slightly shadier spot now that I moved them to try to protect them from the hungry deer. Hopefully they start producing zucchini again.
The bean plants on the other hand are looking sad. They never perked back up after their experience with the deer and although they've all flowered again and have little beans growing, they are dropping leaves like crazy.
There are a couple tomatoes now on each of the tomato plants that were stripped clean by the deer, but they're too small yet to guess how they'll turn out. Those were the plants that I had trouble with the rot. The other plant continues to do well considering I've cut off a lot of the branches because the leaves had turned yellow.
The basil has little white flowers on it. We made homemade tomato sauce using the homegrown tomatoes and basil last week and it was delicious! The mint plant is also happier in its new spot on the front porch where it gets more shade and I'm going to pull off some leaves and try to make some mint extract soon.
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It all started with a little free time and some hanging baskets. Then last summer I grew beans, tomatoes, and zucchini in 5-gallon containers. Fall brought carrots, onions, broccoli, and garlic, still in containers. With Spring I was inspired to construct a raised garden bed. It all sits in the front corner of our corner lot, the only place in the yard that gets full sun.
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