Russell – thanks for the lettuce tips. I was hoping the feral cat that hunts in our backyard would take care of any mice… But we’ll set out some traps too.

Our space to garden just shrunk since we got a dog. But we still have quite a few places that are not part of the main backyard, to put in plants.

We still have 2 tomato plants producing… but they’re looking like death other than the fruit they’re producing. It was a terrible summer for the tomatos here in University City. But our watermelons had languished then took off in September – we’ve got 2 more giant melons we need to go pick. We’ve been eating on the one we just picked this weekend – super sweet and yummy.