It's been awhile since I checked with the happenings at the Freak of Nature vegetable garden.

In short, one raised bed was rendered nearly useless by cats, cold weather and deer and the other, which I loaded up with garden debris from last year, went nuts with beets, lettuce, beans and anything else that wasn't overwhelmed by rogue potatoes.

A good gardener would have removed the potatoes but for awhile it looked liked they were the only thing going to make it. Now, there is a several inch high hump in the middle of the bed as if something huge is trying to escape. That's going to be quite a potato crop.

Here's a section of my lettuce crop:

As for my tomatoes, they all seem to be doing well, not just many ripe ones so far. One plant that has been prolific is called glacier. Here's a photo:

They are about two inches long, sweet and grow in clusters. I'm still waiting for my brandywine, momotaro, and sweet 100's to ripen. I've had a couple of sungolds and a striped roman ripen. One start I got from L'Arche was labled white current but it isn't. Still waiting to see what that becomes.

In the pumpkin category I have several little cinderellas growing. I've never grown an orange pumpkin before so I'm not sure if this what they are supposed to look like at this stage.

I'll be back this week with more updates.