While harvesting a-plenty from my own gardens, I have been eagerly following the harvest from your gardens. The Garden Show & Tell section of the homepage has been filling up lately with photos of vine-ripened tomatoes and piles of peppers. And I have noticed an abundance of mature garden photos on display in the Show & Tell section of the forums. This predilection to show off our gardening achievments seems to be a huge aspect of the support we need as budding and even seasoned gardeners. Forget pest control tips or fertilizing advice, what we really need is encouragement through the rough patches and lots of high fives before we pack it all in for the winter (or the too-hot summer for the southerners). It’s generally other gardeners who understand both the work that went into producing that first, juicy tomato, and the pride we feel in having grown it.

We’re worse than new parents, albeit new parents who eat their progeny!

Some highlights:

• Cathy’s massive orange peppers
• Acorn squash to feed the multitudes
• Tayrn’s gorgeous Lao Green Stripe Eggplant
• Dirty Olive’s productive community garden plot
• Miss Ruckus’ urban garden
• Sorellina’s farm – Check out all of those peppers!