It's been a weird year, but every year is weird when you garden. We busted tail to double up our crop size this year. We got our cool weather garden in early, only to have moles tear it apart just after it started to sprout. So, I tore everything out and lined it with hardware cloth which stopped the moles, but it did delay us bigtime and cost us a short crop cycle or two.

Past that, the heatwave was tough to deal with but I somehow kept everything alive. Warm weather crops like tomatoes, beans and squash are going crazy. Our root crops are mostly disappointing. Potatoes and carrots didn't do the best.

The best part of gardening this year has been my new helper. She's really been amazing help and the views are hard to beat!