The pleasure of late season gardening

We got a good 3/10 inch of rain last evening and this morning it was a pleasure to survey the late planted garden.  Aside from the porcupine I surprised and the deer tracks in my lettuce that is.  All the weeding and fertilizing I did over the weekend, along with the transplanting is poised to reward me with a bountiful Sept.  Kohlrabi, swiss chard, broccoli, cauliflower and spinach will be the stars of the coming month.  The lettuce continues to thrive and the late planted bok choy and nappa cabbage will be prime if I can keep the flea beetles at bay.  The weeds keep coming, but they are not overwhelming at this point and the forecast is for enough dry weather to keep them in check with judicious use of the wheel hoe.  Meanwhile, the crops of summer are not major producers, but tomatoes, peppers, basil, cilantro, summer squash etc. are continuing to fill containers.  And of course the carrots and beets brighten up the tables at the Saturday market.  It's a fine day to be a grower.