Another month has passed in the garden and the sun is slowing down but the plants are still going!

Harvest

If you like charts and getting caught in the rain… this updated section is for you!

Naturally I’ve been tracking my harvest since I picked my first tomatoes in July, and this is how the season is shaping up so far. When I “close out” the 2025 season I plan to have a timeline for the life of each of these plants from seed start or transplant to last harvest. Doesn’t that sound fun!?

You can also look forward to some other insights like average mass of each fruit!

You can see at a glance that sungold tomatoes (in orange) have far and away taken the lead on production in numbers.

More data to come!

Hello darkness my old friend

Ok not exactly darkness but my strip of full sun just inside my fence officially ended around August 26. The plants peeking above the fence still get some sun and the rest are stuck with indirect sun only for the rest of the year.

Progress updates

Shady corner

And the only survivor in the “no direct sun” corner is… CORAL BELLS!

West corner

Lemon cucumbers and sungold tomatoes still going strong.

Snap peas that withered after the spring have come back to life!

Cosmos are surviving but not thriving.

Center section

Purple beans still alive and producing a few sad beans.

Chard fine but never got very big in the little container. Not much bug damage though!

Calendula eventually bloomed but they’re not on the auto watering line so barely alive due to neglect.

East section (tomato alley)

This is the most active section!

Tomatoes are well above fence height and growing horizontally in some cases. My big tomatoes, the pineapple pole variety, look cool but have all been splitting. Research indicates I should harvest them when they first blush to minimize splits. We’ve also had some big rain storms that may have overwhelmed them. Unfortunately I tried them and don’t really care for the flavor. Sungolds are thriving as usual. Third mystery tomato is fruiting but not sure when they’ll ripen.

Golden beets have been chilling all season and have produced moderate leafiness. I’m planning to let them grow slowly for a while before I pull

In the failed tomato container I sowed some snap peas, beets, and cucumber seeds as an experiment to see how they would do going in later. The peas seem very happy so far, as do the cucumber plants. Not sure if they’ll bear cucumbers in time. Something at the beet sprouts so I’m not counting on them.

Greenstalk

I pulled a few carrots out of curiosity… very small.

Two provider bush bean plants in one pocket continue to produce beans.

My indigo tomato seedling that I put in here just in case it survived has set 3 tomato fruits. I picked one to make sure I get to taste at least 1 this season.

Herbs are happy and thriving throughout.

Other highlights

The cutest highlight is the addition of my foster pup Clio. She is hanging out with me to be spoiled while she waits to for the right person to come along and adopt her forever!

Her garden assistant duties include eating grass, sniffing plants, accidentally hitting plants with her tail, and running away from the hose.