The end of summer gardening

Our summer gardening is almost done. About the only thing that is really doing well is the okra. We have the tall rows (the tall plants to the left) that have been really bearing and the late okra (the plants in the center of the photo) that is now blooming. If things go well, the okra will bear until frost.

I do have some tomato plants that are looking a bit worn and frazzled but are blooming again and the peppers are looking better since the weather has cooled down a bit.

We did plant some collards and we will need to plant some greens for the fall. Today I bought seed for kale, a greens mixture and some lettuce seed on sale. If we plant the lettuce soon and use a row cover, we may have some lettuce for salads before Thanksgiving.

The "white" stuff on the collard plants and on the pumpkins is a product called Garden Dust by Bonide. It contains pyrethrins, rotenone, copper and sulfur. It is a natural product that was supposed to be green but it looks white to me -- maybe it is mint green. It's not very attractive but maybe it will help with the bugs and worms and plant diseases.

The pumpkins we planted are looking pretty good and I am hoping they bloom and produce before Halloween. We don't have blooms, yet, but the plants are looking good. You can see the collard plants behind the pumpkin vines.

We are hoping for a few more tomatoes, peppers and maybe even some eggplants. Our squash are under the row cover and looking good and it is hard to know if our cucumbers we planted will do anything. At this point, anything else we get will just be a blessing.