At some point earlier in the season, i decided to keep track of how much produce my modest little garden gave up.

If you're a vegetable, you're just hitting your stride now, when both days and nights are warm, often humid. And here in the northeast, we've gotten a heck of a lot of rain, saving me at least one chore.

The garden plot is just about 6 x 6, not huge by any means. I threw seedlings and seeds in their in such a hurry that i forgot how big everything would get, so now the whole thing, with its flimsy deer neeting fence and spindly wood posts, is slowly imploding toward the center. I can't even walk in there to weed, but i can pick produce by reaching over or under the flexible fencing.

So here's what i got so far:

2 large servings of lettuce
several large servings of snap peas
2 zucchini
9 cucumbers
25 tomatoes
6 green bell peppers

Not bad for such a modest space, and i project my overall harvest will double by end of September, at least if we're talking tomatoes!

As for expenses, this is only an estimate, but the cost of seeds, seedlings, fencing, posts and Miracle-Gro must've come to about $46. And I have plenty of seeds and more deer netting, left over. I will have to come up with a better fencing system, though, when i expand the garden.