Here is an update post on the progress on the Pickleman Family Garden series that started a couple weeks ago https://steemit.com/ulog/@zekepickleman/zeke-s-family-garden I have since discovered that another of my new STEEMit friends is pursuing the same objective of sorts and you can check our her vastly superior effort here
https://steemit.com/thealliance/@brandyb/step-1-urban-farm-grow-the-food

We have had nice bouts of very warm and dry, multi-day periods of rain, and even some cool windy over the last few days. These changing patterns seem to be inspiring the garden, especially the tomatoes.

Here, you can see the garden along with the shadow of the amateur photographer as he tried to get the best angle.

• The tomatoes are doing very well and my daughter has started to pick the "suckers" off them so they don't grow too many branches. https://www.thespruce.com/should-you-prune-out-tomato-suckers-1403290

• The Oregano apparently likes the shade of the tomatoes and I have like 4 of them planted underneath them.

• Marigolds apparently repel some insects and attract bees which is good.

• The hot peppers are for me and get the morning and midday sun

• The english cucumbers seem to have sprouted very well from just sees that I didn't start indoors. They will climb the sticks and I will put strings up the fence for them to vine.

• I have assigned the trimming of the neighbour's weeds to my eldest girl and she is apparently falling a little behind

Let's try the sideways view:

• 2 kinds of sugar snap peas grow along the ends and also sprouted well with no indoor start. They will climb the strictures there and maybe even the corn.

• The peppers (sweet green and sweet California orange)were planted a couple days after the tomatoes and seem to be a little slower to grow too fast.

• Along the back, I have planted a few stalks of corn for fun rather than anything else. We are surrounded by a billion corn fields and corn stands on every road but why the hell not?

• There is a plot of asparagus that I am not sure will see yield as I learned they take a couple years to get going. We will see how they do as I am too lazy to remove them.

• The mystery plants are just that. I will keep an eye on them and see if they turn out to be weeds or a few errant seeds strewn by my little one.

• Green Beans (pole) were requested by my wife so I planted them in a pot with some sticks to climb up one week ago. Growing well.

• The tomato is one of the spares I had that I put in a pot in case one of the garden ones didn't make it, or I could replant in bigger boxes later on.

• Nasturtiums are flowers but they are edible so we just created a makeshift section at the end of the garden. My daughter wants me to tell you they taste spicy and are delectable.

• These raspberries were planted last year to mix into the flower garden. They didn't fruit but look to be ready this year.

• I also planted some Parsley because they are great for adding a little flavour and decoration to any dinner you want to fancy up.

I have another Raspberry bush planted last year in a planter that forgot about. It appears to be doing well. I wonder if it will help with the cross pollination of with the other one? Anyone know?

Any tips? Post some pics of what you have growing!