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Well, hello again, wide wide world of web.  It is a BEAUTIFUL last day of August here in Central Pennsylvanie and I am going out to enjoy it!  I know the official start of fall is not for a few weeks, but tomorrow starts September which to me is most certainly fall.  ANYWAY, I am taking a long overdue micro-road trip to Kings Gap so I can squeeze one last drop out of summer.  I have not forgotten about this small space of the web, and this evening I intend to post a great deal of updates :-)

Update: in 5 photos.

We are literally going to have 100s of peppers.
I counted the largest ones and came up with 80.
That's not including the blooms & mini-peps.

Shawn and I measured the longest vine...  15' long!

One of the many pumpkins on the biiig vine.

I still can't believe I grew these things from a seed.

The last of the lilies to bloom.

Star Spangled Greetings

Happy Independence Day!

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Random flowers

These lilies are HUGE and smell phenomenal.

Bee nice to the helenium, sir!

This bright pink dianthus just sprung up out of nowhere.
I wish more flowers would plant themselves.

Let the harvest begin!

Where to begin?  June came and went, we took a vacation, summer is here, and my crazy lady bathtub veggie growing is starting to pay off.  It was really startling seeing the garden after being away for over a week.  We actually harvested two cucumbers immediately upon our return, and two more the next day.  It's amazing to me that I started everything (with the exception of the two purple cabbages) from a seed - in the bathtub!

Roxxy likes to help weed the garden :-)

Yep, still the same three little plants.
Audrey III is in the middle -  now the smallest plant of the 3.

The pepper field - full of blooms and mini-peps!

Did I mention the tomatoes are nearly as tall as me?

The cucumbers were just the beginning...  Lettuce, radishes, green beans, onions, and peppers have all been harvested and we are ready for more!  It was a bit disappointing to learn that the purple beans turn green when cooked, but they were still delicious.  If the white pepper looks tiny, it is.  I "accidentally" pulled it off the plant while investigating it.  What can I say except it was tasty.