Still ill - new zucchini and cucumber

I'm still sick but I managed to get outside and take a few new pics. 

First the best butterfly EVER! It was actually blue inside the wings and apparently it loves the zinnias. 

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I've got some weirdo bugs in my garden. Brown ones, ladybugs, bees, wasps and then this really weird orange and black bug. I dont know its purpose but it is all over the cucumbers and has moved on to the peppers. I hope it is a beneficial.

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Brown Bug?

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Here is a JERKY vine borer! I hate these guys - they have infested all of the squash and even the cucumbers this year. 

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The peppers have grown in great there are so many of them now too.

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The squash I put in the box is looking healthy and great. The spinach in the box - not so much. I will probably rip that out soon.

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The Cantaloupe is doing well - despite the fact that it has to vine around a stick to get some sun since the monster zucchini owns that box.

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Monster zucchini!

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And this is what the monster zucchini babies look like!

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Pepper plants - still doing well and some are even flowering - even though they have very little soil and are tightly planted.

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Morning glories

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Culantro just keeps flowering thistles - I thought this plant would survive the summer months better.

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Gandules are getting bigger - still no flowers - although the soil here was lousy.

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I'm surprised I am still getting these Beefsteak Tomatoes - but they are coming in - here are 3 out of the 15.

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and......The Creamy Amish Tomatoes are actually Creamy Sausage Tomatoes - that's what happens when you garden - STILL I am so glad to see them coming in at such a late date!

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Royal burgundy beans are growing fast and flowering already.

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Blue Lake Bush beans are also starting to fruit - or bean?

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And finally - the pomegranate opened up into a FLOWER! I was not expecting that at all! Plants are awesome. 

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Pics from Guate FIRST!

So while off in Guatemala - of course I had to check out the indigenous plants. The great volcanic soil makes sure EVERYTHING grows and grows big. The trip was alot of fun but I came back with a MAJOR gastrointestinal virus and I am STILL waiting to see what the hell is wrong with me. So I haven't been online at all - or in my poor suffering garden - so this post is strictly to show some beautiful pictures of Guatemala and then my garden.

San Pedro, Antigua, and Panachel Guatemala

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FINALLY new garden pics...

MONSTER zucchini

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Beans, beans, good for your heart...

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Zinnia explosion

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Pomegranate tree's little baby

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My Tomatoes were hit hard while I was gone - not good :(

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Dead Tea Tree :(

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Cucumbers in the box are looking crappy too - IDK they had some vine borers in them when I got back. I removed what I saw and hope they come back strong.

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Dying Summer squash - I am so over them - they havent produced at all!

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A bunch of things are in this pic - marigolds, radishes, parsley (still doing awesome), purple beans, peppers, gazanias - all of them are fairing well

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Sunflowers in the back are almost taller than the wall...with cucumbers and marigolds

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Talk about a dark horse! The sunflower and zinnia bed is doing great!

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I've moved into the front yard with the dying sunflowers and they are looking pretty great!

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