I started asparagus with the roots - I have another package I forgot about that I need to put in. They're coming on like gangbusters this fall.

I'm picking a lot of peppers - they do a big crop in the fall, and also eggplant. I roasted three of them tonight and mashed up two of them and added lemon juice then froze them - my goal is to thaw and add the rest of the ingredients for baba ghanoush. This is a test. I also made a little batch to eat this week. I have another 8 or so eggplants to do something with this week, I picked them today. Lots of herbs to dry or freeze, the oregano and thyme and bay leaves and rosemary are fine, but basil tanks at 30^o. Okra is going strong, I'm waiting on fall tomatoes. Few so far. Chard was attacked by some kind of worm and I sprayed it the other day with BT - doesn't seem to have slowed them, so I'll use spinosad tomorrow. If I can keep them alive I'll have a good fall and winter crop from these plants.

SRS