Fall Garden on a Misty August Morning

It's high summer and the herb bed is at its best. Mint is blooming in the background, Thai basil in the foreground. The tall grayish green plant on the right is sage and a bit of fall lettuce is coming along as well.

A box of sweet potatoes at the end of this row.  The other two boxes will be filled with compost this week and planted with beets, kale and Swiss chard.  As you can see my weed whipper isn't doing well.  It is a huge disappointment.

It's high summer and luckily we've had enough rain to keep things green and growing. My fall garden is doing well with green beans getting ready to bloom, peas breaking ground and lettuce about half way to harvest.  I'm overrun with tomatoes of course and the mint is blooming and full of various wasps and bees - though I've not noticed any honey bees in the fray. The cantaloupe plants are full of small green melons starting to ripen. Can't wait for those. I planted Burpees Ambrosia variety which everyone in the family thinks is the very best melon anywhere.

The mystery plant. This guy grew as a volunteer from one of the compost piles. The leaves are huge - about 20 inches across and its growing mostly in light shade into heavy shade - in other words, its growing toward shade. It has buds but hasn't bloomed yet. We are anxious to see what it is, but don't hold out much hope for it ripening any fruit this late!