Some years ago I grew a tall variety that had smaller but colorful heads. I planted them outside my kitchen window so they were eye level from the kitchen. One of my neighbors had a finch feeder so the finches would come over, land on the heads and do acrobatics while getting at the seeds. I decided to stop planting them so close to the house when, one evening, I saw a mouse on one of them. I have these further away from the house.

What I meant was this way I'm not attracting them close to the house.

We have happily bought wonderful potatoes from an organic vendor at our farmer's market, but I noticed he did not have them this year. I asked, and he said that they were hit by potato bugs, so no crop this year.
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A great year for peppers, thanks to the extreme heat. I'm picking a basket a day to freeze - in slices, chopped, chunks, and halves. Most crops have been a disaster, even with weekly soakings of at least an inch. Beans, lettuce, cabbage, and yellow summer squash have been productive.

We are suddenly getting a lot of tomatoes. The green beans are still producing. My husband has picked three of the small honeynut squashes (small butternut squashes). We still have a spaghetti squash-pumpkin hybrid on the vine (one we picked when the vine died). Also, a couple of more have started but are unlikely to achieve ripeness before a freeze.

My husband picked some of his carrots. They are very short.

Some bell peppers have turned orange--maybe red is next? We still have a lot of green ones.