Where once there was a beautiful, weed-free, nicely laid out garden now there is chaos. The pumpkins overtook EVERYTHING! They took over the lettuce, carrots, watermelon, tomatoes, strawberries, peppers, and have even crawled out of my garden fence and the fence between our yard and our neighbors. They climbed up the whole fence and are hanging out on the neighbor's side. Now we do have some very big pumpkins out there already, about the size of a volleyball, so at least they are bearing fruit.

I am thankful we have been able to pick a lot of nice and scrumptious green beans! I cannot wait until next year when I can actually do better planning and plant a garden that has everything in its place and is double the size of this year!