By Jimmy Deaton This season has been quite an adventure thanks to the weather. All of the excess rain has done wonders for some parts of the garden and others have hated it. All the plants have done exceptionally well with the exception of the tomatoes. We did lose a tomato plant to early blight, one sweet pepper to unknown reasons and one of our basil plants to ants who decided it would be fun to build their nest right where the basil roots were located……grrr! But the bright side is we always have back up plants ready by taking cuttings of the parent plants that are growing. We replaced plants that were not doing too great with new ones and have started part of this years bean production. We have one bed of beans started where the squash/zucchini was and have tucked beans and/or radishes into nooks and crannies where we have enough available space and light. Taking advantage of every inch available makes walking through the produce section of the grocery store that much easier in the winter months. We will start the fall/winter plants soon with the likes of salad greens, kale and collards. We have also added a few new “ever-bearing” strawberries and a dwarf grape to the fruit stable this year. To give you a little perspective with what is going on in the garden now, here is photo of part of our chili plant section. The plant shown is a new cross between a Fatalli and Tabasco chili’s. We haven’t tried one yet to see how they taste but the overall health and vigor of the plant is outstanding. The plants are “humongous” with a very prolific output of chili pods. This photo shows a portion of our grape olive tomato harvest. These are…