The roof work at my building is done so Boyfriend and I put the garden back together this morning, all plants where they belong in their containers now. It looks like a jungle. All tomato plants are now making tomatoes. And the one holdout sweet banana pepper is starting to make peppers. I’m so happy.
Have harvested a handful of raspberries daily off the red raspberry bushes. Going to have some in my oatmeal this morning. The purple ones come a little later.
Help! Can anyone tell me what this spreading plant is on my fence? I don’t know if it’s something the neighbour planted and is loving the spread all through my side, or if it’s a weed, I have never talked to the people on the other side of the fence since they moved in so I have no idea. I want to cut it all down but if it’s a real flower I may not want to piss them off .
Five leaves always makes me think Virginia creeper. Not sure if that’s what this is, but if so it was likely not deliberately planted.
It also reminds me of Virginia Creeper… if it is, it produces berries (don’t eat) and the leaves turn red in the fall. It’s native to parts of North America, but in parts it isn’t native it can sometimes be considered invasive as it is very vigorous. Some people plant it deliberately, some people hate it…
I will continue to “trim” and see where it originates, and maybe I will need to apologize and maybe not?
If it is on your side of the fence, technically you probably have the right (legally) to cut anything on your side. At least, that seems to be true in the places I have lived… 
Agreed, but my challenge is it is weaving through the fence hence my uncertainty. Trimming is not bad! And finding the source.
I have always hated neighbours plants growing over my side of the fences, a pet peeve of mine. Sure some of it might look ok but if I wanted it I would have planted it on my side. So today I was trimming.
It looks like Virginia creeper to me too. If I remember in the morning I’ll take a picture of it as it’s ALL OVER part of my yard in less than one year. I think it’s a pretty ground cover but in my zone anyway it doesn’t play nice with others 
Looks like Virgina creeper to me too, and I’d kill it before it killed everything else, but I might be slightly biased here (and I have no idea if it grows in your area the way I’ve seen it grow)
We ate the not-rhubarb tonight and didn’t die. 
I’m getting closer to growing actual onion bulbs. There is a bulge!
My only two bell peppers are succumbing to pestilence. Excuse me while I go have a temper tantrum in the corner.
Some Chinese artichokes bought off eBay arrived in the mail today, so I’ve popped them into some dirt in a pot. Bit early, normally a spring thing and not mid winter, but one of the tubers arrived snapped in half, so I thought it would be better in dirt than rotting in my fridge.
Also a letter from the Government arrived, denying access to the country for my Black corn seeds from Baker’s Creek 
. At least they haven’t charged me for the privelidge of them opening my mail and disposing of the contents.
And in a moment of bizarre inspiration I realised I could fit a row of self watering strawberry pots on my western facing fence.
Note, some of these strawbs are ones I’m yet to tidy up and remove dead leaves from. These pots came from down the side of the house that’s lucky to get an hour of direct sunlight a day. Here they’re guaranteed at least three hours in the middle of winter, more over summer when they’re fruiting.
Boo! 
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I’m glad you didn’t get any charges though.
Bummer about the corn! I was stoked to see how they did for you.
Fence strawberries 
SO has confirmed I am not losing my mind and that creeper plant Was not there last year, so I’m guessing the neighbour planted it. Oh well it will continue to get trimmed.
creeper does not need to be planted to arrive in someone’s garden and for them to let it go up the fence.
signed, someone who didn’t plant any creeper and has at least four plants that are trying to take over the fence and the backyard
This is how mine was, too - I suspect it came from a neighbor’s yard that sprayed the dickens out of everything before they tried to sell in the spring and the smart plant ran as fast as it could to my yard 
Tomato twins:
One of our corms has tassels!
The alpine strawb transplant is putting out new shoots! I don’t expect to get any fruit this year, but it’s a good sign that it survived and will do well next year.
Husband built the first raised bed in our atrium (more to follow in later years, mostly after it’s roofed). I planted out the last of my starts- eight bell and banana peppers and a couple more basil. We’ll be able to extent the season on these, likely to December if we cover a night or two, because that atrium stays so much warmer than everything else. Now, in July, this means I water daily.
I have a nice new garden bed next to our parking area! We had 2 bougainvillea in here before. Now it has dianthus, pansies and silverbeet.
