08/18/13: The August Garden

Here's the latest from the raised bed in the backyard. The nasturtiums have taken over the sides of the bed, and the tomatoes are losing their minds in the back:

 


 

These are Cherokee Purple heirloom tomatoes. The ones in the background are called 'Cosmonaut Volkov':
 

The cucumbers never did take off, probably because they had to grow in the shadow of the tomatoes:

 The recognizable bullseye pattern of Chioggia beets, from the garden, preparing to be someone's lunch:


And here's some dill growing in a pot on the patio. I've let it go to seed so I can have dill seeds for pickling:



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