Success!

This evening I harvested and ate my first ear of corn! It was great. Just one ear today, but within the next several days we should have several more. Here is my gardening assistant, posing with our corn.

No tomatoes this year. The new bed doesn't have rich enough soil for this terribly hot, dry year. I haven't had a single tomato, not even a tiny one. We will have to do some serious soil amending over the winter.

We are still getting squash but I think the cucumbers are about spent. Most of my flowers are sad looking too. Only the hearty drought tolerant plants, such as Lantana, Vinca, and Marigolds are still looking nice.