Charlie took me for a walk through the garden. He gave up on his sweet corn. It has done very poorly this year. His field corn (at White's) looks elegant.. and is way more than knee high on the 4th of July !! He has the entire garden fenced in to protect it from deer, and so far, so good.
Except for the tiny gate about a foot wide that he left open one night .. the deer found the opening and waltzed in and ate the tops off his green beans ! He has a mesh fence about 5' high on this side of the garden. I can't see it well even standing beside it, and it seems to work to keep the animals out. Even the ground hogs are having trouble finding a way in. Atta boy! Charlie.

This is the edge of the garden.. the chickens roam freely and hopefully stay within the property lines. On the left is a mulch of straw covering 2 healthy rows of potatoes.. and volunteers are everywhere you look. There's tomatoes, beans, peppers of all kinds, pickles, onions, beets, lettuce, carrots, and flowers...lots and lots of flowers!

Bachelor buttons, marigolds, cosmos, spider plants, asparagus fern, day lilies, and a field of brown eyed susans.. WOW! Lavender, chives, holihocks, and a host of other beautiful flowers of so many colors.

This peach tree branch needs propped up. You can't see well in the picture, but there's about 2 bushels of peaches on that one branch. The weight of them has caused the branch to split near the trunk.

The catch of the day.. green onions and radishes.. oh yummy!!!