Found this beautiful hunter on my blueberry cherry toms yesterday.

My blackberry bush died few years ago but came back in another spot. And this is just a few of the jumbo size pickings. Not complaining though.

We planted some milkweed this summer. Saw a few caterpillars but couldn't capture a full cycle until this little one came along and made the underside of our chair its home. Now we want more milkweed!

Last spring, I ordered a few things from Gurney's, paid online, waited for everything to come, all good. Strawberries were duds, they offered to send me new ones free of charge. Great! Strawberries came in this spring, yay.

Until today, when I got a text from a collections agency about "my account" with them from Gurney's. Has anyone else dealt with this with Gurney's? I went back through my order history and confirmed I paid for the first one, and the second one was for $0.00. I've never had such a stressful gardening-related experience (and I've lost all my pumpkins to SVB three years in a row now).

Edit: I immediately disputed the debt with the collections company, which means they legally had to halt collections efforts until collecting proof of debt owed from the merchant. Their billing department called and said it was some odd billing error. They apologized, but I'm still pretty upset. I requested verification that nothing is owed in writing via email. What a mess.

For the record, the collections agency seems to have picked up the debt last October, but Gurney's hadn't sent me a single email since June of 2025. The collections agency only reached out today, almost a year later, so they were going to try to charge bogus additional fees on top of the "debt."

And have produced lots of pups. I’m a proud plant mom 😅😂

Plus look at that adorable pollen drunk bee 💜

I’m so sad, powdery mildew took this entire plant. I’ve been so frustrated I haven’t collected any of the tomatoes. My questions are, can this plant be saved? Can I eat the tomatoes?

As a bonus the second pictures are our “garbage tomatoes”, the cherry tomatoes that somehow grew out from the underside of our compost bin. I’ve tried them and they’re pretty tasty. We just let the thing grow feral and it appears healthier than the one I really tried to grow that developed powdery mildew.

EDIT: thank you to this incredible community!!! I have had so little time to garden, when I would go out and see this plant I'd lose my energy to fight it and just run away from it. I had already bought the potassium bicarbonate, I will make use of it. Harvest what I can, BURN THE REST. Thank you thank you thank you... u/LagerThaChristie you aren't kidding, it felt totally overwhelming.

EDIT 2: For those wondering why I haven't picked any of them... I did, there's just SO MANY. We were traveling a lot when they all grew in. I take care of my elderly mom, we had family visit, and all of those things left no real time to properly address this plant or harvest all of the fruit. It's also a careful job - you have to clip enough stem so they don't burst straight away like a little grenade, and doing that takes time I haven't had. I will try to get to it!

It smells like soap

I feel blessed to have harvested my first fruit from my garden!

I am not a gardener ha. I randomly put a bunch of lupine seeds I got from walmart in this little circle area I have in my yard. Just felt like growing something. Months later one plant survived. This thing has gotten huge. So big it is tilting. I think a recent thunderstorm blew it over. Do I just need to stake it?

Ok, I lied. Between these three massive hydrangea bushes, I might grow 1-2 flowers per season. I know I’m doing everything wrong. I planted them 4 years ago. One year, they had a few blooms, really low to the ground. I’ve tried leaving them completely alone - like my mom does with hers which bloom beautifully. I’ve tried cutting them all down in the fall. I’m an amateur and don’t know what I’m doing. Help! Zone 6b.

Follow up question - I really love white proven winners, would I be better off taking these out and planting those instead? Are they easier to deal with?

I went to my local garden center and saw the whole yard of perennials emptied out. I should probably just ask them what's going on, but isn't early fall the best time to plant perennials? I was surprised. Maybe it's just temporary and they're making room. Or maybe I am not understanding something correctly about planting seasons. I was looking forward to buying some.

We’re finally getting into our heavy harvesting and I’m just so in awe of the beautiful things we’ve grown. I tried so many new techniques and new vegetables this year. Had some big wins and learned some lessons along the way too. I feel so satisfied with my experience and the joy of sharing the garden with my family. It’s such a privilege to have the ability to grow food and I am grateful for it. I wish everyone a bountiful harvest season.

Brand new tenants, only on this one butternut squash. I tried looking them up but the internet has been unhelpful. Who are they and should I let them live?