An exuburant front vegetable garden

The filet pole beans are coming in now, as are the climbing squash (winter squash varieties). 

And, I've been harvesting tomatoes and early peppers for weeks now.  There are paste tomatoes, slicing tomatoes and cherry tomatoes -- hard to beat that, along with the ancho and romano peppers.

front raised beds

It's remarkable how healthy everything is looking -- no bean beetles (knock on wood), no powdery mildew on the squash leaves, no squash bugs or squash vine borers