Harvest Season

I don't think most of these pictures really require explanation. The pepper plants do now have ripe peppers and they are very tasty. The odd collection of things on the leaf below are the nymphs of some variety of shield bug (it took me a LONG time to figure that out) and they would eat my plants so I threw that leaf off the balcony. In the picture of the three tomatoes, it is the very small tomato on the far left that I grew. As small as they are, I grew great tasting tomatoes. The spiky plant is the culantro. I've since pruned off the larger spiny stem to let the wider leaves grow some more. I cut down the tomato plant that never produced tomatoes to make pot space for a hibiscus that I rescued. It is still on the road to recovery, but the passion vine is flowering again and I'm training it to grow up onto the patio lantern. I planted two pots of sugar peas and threw some basil seeds into the pots also for good measure. They sprouted in no time and I'm hoping that the cooler drier season will be better for them. I also rearranged the patio based upon the sunlight needs of the plants and to make a well defined sitting area on the patio. Even with the new open sitting area, my friends are still calling it The Jungle.