Well, I have to admit that I should have heeded the warnings to give enough space to squash and tomatoes. The Hubbard squash turns out to be a monster, filling essentially the entire trellis. And with the other squash/melons and tomatoes directly in front, there isn't enough access to get in to pollinate the female flowers during their brief intervals of opening. So we've got a lot of leaf, but not much fruit.
And the tomatoes themselves are far larger plants than any we've grown before - perhaps a combination of happy conditions and the new varieties we're trying. So they're also a bit out of control - not enough rooms to get in to corral the plants. There are a number of green tomatoes by now - if we're lucky this week's heat wave will give us the chance to eat at least one delicious tomato before we head out of the city.
But the one thing we have done right in the garden was planning for height - we've got a good gradient of short to tall going across the main bed that matches the direction of sunlight. We've had a few early golden beets (barbecued on a skewer - delicious), the chard is finally big enough to eat, our kale is coming along, there's been tons of parsley and basil for pasta salads, and the single eggplant and pepper plant look like they'll get somewhere this summer since they've had a good start and lots of sun.
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