Summer backyard vegetable gardening passes in three stages:

01) When will those plants finally produce?

02) Oh, good, those plants are starting to produce!

03) Good grief, what are we going to do with all these (tomatoes/squash/cucumbers/whatever)??!?

We've just entered stage two:

Tomatoes! Tomatoes! About a month to go and then ... mmmmm...

The peas, of course, are going to be the first thing we pick n' eat. We can't wait, especially Wendy, who loves fresh peas.

There is nothing like putting a little brown seed in the ground, seeing a tiny little green thing poke up a week or two later, watching it grow, and then getting fat on it's life's work. Ah, gardening. Life is good.