The garden!

The garden!  I took the camera out to take a pic of the squash plant before it dies from the borers which are the bane of my existence.  [ETA: I find it ironic that one of the best organic pest treatments involves IV drugs BT.] I figured I may as well take some other pictures of the garden, which is gorgeous.

The squash plant

Teh butternut

The menardia really is magnificent.  Honestly, I was in favor of considerably thinning it, but Chris insisted, and I'm glad we kept it.  But we're definitely going to thin it a little before next year.

Menardia plus sunflower with magnolia on the side:

Menardia plus bellflowers plus hardy geraniums

...plus hydranga

The gourd plant is doing very well

Check out those tendrils!  So twisty!

Ta da!