A walk through the vegetable garden tells me I am going be busy harvesting this weekend.

I picked two pints of raspberries yesterday, bringing us to 60 pints for the season, and while we will get a few more berries, it will likely be a half pint at a time for a couple more weeks.

I left out some things in my last posting on Japanese beetles, emailers and people tell me. First a picture, in case you are not familiar with the beetles.

After several years of reduced activity by Japanese beetles, they seem to be back in profusion this year.

A week ago I had a chance to tour Pleasant View Gardens in Loudon, N.H. Pleasant View is one of three companies behind the Proven Winners brand of plants.

It's getting toward mid-August and I need my tomatoes. My garden has produced three cherry-sized tomatoes so far this year.

Nancy cut the first gladioluses – gladioli? – of the season yesterday, brought them inside and they looked good.