End of June Catchup

 OOOPS! I've done some work, but I've not been posting. Here's a catchup to the state of the art:

I've built a new area at the end of my driveway for vegetables. It turns out to be the sunniest place in the whole yard! I moved the Vespa last year, but fully built out the spot and caged it (mostly) in this year. It's still open at the end towards the house. So far this year, there has been one deer foray into it - the deer walked all the way in and cropped some of the tomatoes in pots on the left, and peppers in the blue Greenstalk at the far end. The barriers are pvc pipe just stuck together, with netting positioned via zip ties. I pounded rebar into the ground and pushed the pvc pipes over it, to hold it up and in place. Kinda frail, but not terrible. At the end, facing the street, I had some metal trellises - again, not very sturdy - and pushed them into the driveway. Outside the end I put my citrus trees in pots - the deer do not like them, and they have thorns.

Three towers: eggplants in green closest, cherry tomatoes in the middle, peppers in blue at the end.
There are three big tomato pots on the left, and a shishito pepper in the green bag. Photo 6/25/26

I put four tomato plants into the ground inside half the big netting cage. They are going gangbusters. Also one basil plant, just inside the door.

The four are Gumdrop, Ace 55, Roma,
and some "better boy" type from Home Depot.
The Gumdrop, a cherry tomato, is pushing the 
top of the netting already.

 I plan to plant zucchini and melons in the other half, maybe today. I delayed hoping to avoid the worst of the squash vine borer bloom.

I also have my decorative pots in the back. They get at least a half day of sun.

A deer came by and ate the tops of my glads 
(tall spikes in mid-left) after I watered this morning!

 I also planted a strawberry tower this spring. I've gotten three ripe strawberries from it. One I picked at ate immediately. Two I picked, set down for a minute, and Bixby ate them.

I had netting on it at first. 
I can put it back if squirrels become a problem.

 My favorite part of gardening: being done!

My companions are always there!