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UPDATE: Solar Eclipse!
I finally have enough pieces of the new camera bought to actually take photos. I'm still getting used to how to take images with a DSLR as far as focusing. The files sizes are twice as large as my old camera, over 10mb for a single image (24.2megapixel). Here's what one looks like reduced enough to post.
2/3 of the sunflowers are done and harvested. Half of that was lost to rain and mold, evidently they rot super fast. The pumpkin hill has finally slowed down. It and all the other vines are starting to succumb to squash beetles and squash bugs, but the crops are so massive that it isn't much of a problem. This area is starting to cool off for Autumn now. The watermelons were okay, but nothing to write home about. The peppers are starting to ripen. The luffa sponges are everywhere, doing well, and have tons and tons of fruit. Most of the tomatoes in the main garden are done for the season, though Row 8 is still going strong with red Italian pear tomatoes. The apple trees have a bumper crop this year. Everyone's fruit trees are tearing limbs off this year because of it.
The lower garden has been producing tons of yellow pear tomatoes. Nearly all of its brassica plants and potatoes have been removed and those areas reseeded with lots of leafy greens, both domesticated and wild. It is nice having gravel paths in it now. The clay garden has weeds everywhere. The tomatoes in it are coming on in full force though. The potatoes there still need dug up.
The poultry now have a smaller enclosure that's fully protected from predators. I'm still installing skirt fencing around the 1-acre lot. When I finally get that done, I'll try releasing the chickens and turkeys back into the large area.
