>>1116327This year's compost pile is pretty big and I need to combine another pile of yard waste with it. There's lots of volunteer tomatillo plants, squash plants, and tomato plants popping up in it. The old compost pile "pumpkin hill" it ready to be shoveled into the raised beds as soon as they are cleared. The lower garden is churning out green leafy plants for potherbs and salads. The basil is in full bloom too. Helpfully, it will give a good amount of seeds. I'll be dehydrating tomatillos, peppers, and random stuff today.
One luffa sponge's vine died early and it dried out enough to harvest. I hope all of them end up at least this well off. Last time I grew them, they were all green and had no seeds ready inside. It took forever separating the skins and seeds from those then washing out all the slime. This one was as easy to clean as banging it on something hard, slipping the entire skin off and shaking the seeds out. It only needed washing with a bit of soap to be clean. Less than half its seeds seem to be viable.
