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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nI was a bit frustrated at the end of June thinking that things just weren’t growing.\u00a0 From July 1st<\/sup>.\u00a0 I mean really look at that loofa plant on the far right.\u00a0 It\u2019s only about 8 inches tall.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is what it looked like on the 27th<\/sup>! I was worried that it wasn\u2019t going to survive, let alone produce any gourds. Now I have found 9 different sprouts for the gourds on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then there are these Melon plants, kind of sad looking on July first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now here we are at the end of the month\u2026 I can\u2019t believe how much they\u2019ve grown in the past 4 weeks. There are flower all over the 5 of them. The one in the flower bed is about 8 feet long with multiple branches on it. I\u2019ll be really disappointed if I don\u2019t get at least one melon off of those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s not forget the difference in the sunflowers..<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or how about the corn bed with the green beans and squash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now\u2026 They all have tassels and there are signs of ear forming on about half of them right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n All of the stuff at the house is doing fantastic!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I did have to pull out a number of tomato plants down at the community garden, they had just turned yellow and stop growing. All the ones around the house on the other hand have taken off. I\u2019ve gotten some cherry tomatoes that were awesome, low acid and sweet. Can\u2019t wait to see how the others come out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I got my first cucumber, there is other one that is ready to pick too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There were also 2 smaller eggplants that I picked on the 24th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I had 4 more eggplants that I put down at the community garden. The marbled ones, we\u2019ll see how they do over the next month. Looks like the pepper plants are going to give me a number of peppers over the next few weeks too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve had a lot of lil visitors this month too\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n