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I planted some seed for lettuce, beets, and more spinach last weekend. My turnips are doing great. I planted them in a container. See the photo below:

 I also planted some in the garden soil but they are not doing as well.  My cat is using the garden as her litter box and has destroyed most of my spinach too. I have not caught her yet, so she keeps digging.

My Japanese Eggplant is still producing but this will probably be the last crop from it because I need to use the container for fall and winter vegetables. I also have sweet potatoes growing in the container with it. I am not sure how they will do. They were a first time experiment. Below is a photo of my second crop of eggplants:

My Japanese Eggplant is taking off I picked one already and 3 more are growing on the plant!

I have started my winter garden. Turnips, Broccoli, Cabbage, Spinach. This weekend I will pull up the squash and beans they were a flop this year, and replace them with winter vegetables. I also purchased a Stink Bug trap so hopefully it works.

My Beefmaster tomato plant that I planted late in the year is taking off, I hope it’s not too late to get some ripe ones.

I have been experimenting in the garden this year. This week eggplants are producing. I planted the Black Beauty eggplants in containers and for the first time I have 2 eggplants on each plant. Earlier in the month I had 6 Japeneese Egplants once that plant stopped producing I chopped it down to about 5″ and it is starting to flower and produce again. I read that hotter climates can produce 3 crops of eggplants if you chop them down and it appears to be working.

The biggest problem I have had this year is with summer squash. First it was a virus that rotted the squash. I pulled the plants up from that garden and planted some new from seed in a different location. So now insects (I think stink bugs) are sucking the squash stems and plants are wilting. What leaves are left are being eaten by a wood chuck.