July is here...

July is here and the garden is going strong.  The tomatoes are finally starting to turn red, the squash plants are starting to blossom, and the Pole beans have done some serious climbing in the front of the house.   The Tithonia (Mexican Sunflower) has started to flower, and the Asters are right behind it.


It has been over 100 degrees for most of the past week so I have had to start watering more frequently.  Aside from that though, it feels like I have had to do a lot less "gardening" these past few weeks.  At this point, it is mostly just kicking back and watching everything do what it is supposed to do.  

Here are a few pictures:

This is the Acorn squash growing really nicely along the fence.  I have been pushing it back and forth through the slats as it grows.  Hopefully the tentacles can support the weight of the actual fruit.  If not, I have seen a few cool videos on YouTube that show the different ways you can support the fruit.  All the way to the left, the cantaloupe plant is also starting to climb  

The cherry tomatoes are the first to start turning red.  A few days later, one Mortgage lifter start to turn just the slightest bit red. 

The first of what looks like it will be many Tithonia flowers.  There are over a dozen buds on their way.  The little white dots are what is going to be the Aster flowers

Close up.  

The Pole beans and Summer Squash

Some of the onions are starting to die back now.  We have picked a few little ones so far, and we used two little guys in a mango salsa last night.  Maybe because it is new, but there is just something surprisingly satisfying about picking an onion out of the ground as needed for a recipe.  I know it is the same for everything in the garden. I guess I just never expected that we could grow our own onions this easily.    

I'll end this post with two flowers from our house.  The first is a flower from one of the summer squash plants, and the other is a Orange Daylilly.