Harvest Time

I am finally getting some veggies from my garden.  And, surprise, surprise, I actually have ripening tomatoes.  For the last two years, I have had problems with my tomatoes.  Two summers ago, I had a ton of tomatoes on my vines, but not a single one ripened.  There's only so much fried green tomatoes a person can eat, but I couldn't let them go completely to waste.  Then, last summer, they would start turning, but would stop short.  I had a lot of orangeish tomatoes that ended up worm ridden.  I came close to having no tomatoes this year.  I really didn't want to have to use the Sevin dust this year, but the homemade pesticide and manually picking the bugs off the plants was not working.  All my leafy veggies- kale, broccoli, brussel sprouts - were almost gone and the tomatoes were showing signs of infestation.  So, I had to break down and use it.  But, as always, I use it sparingly and hope that getting it under control will allow me to use my home recipe. 
I have managed to pick quite a few cucumbers this year already.  I have six pints of bread and butter pickles already put up.  I used my grandfather's recipe.  Hopefully, the family will actually use them this year.  My cantaloupes are coming along.   The vines I laid down are popping this year.  There are about 20 melons out there right now.  Just waiting for them to ripen.  My luck, they'll all ripen at the same time and we'll have more than we can eat.
I have learned my lesson with my beans.   My husband told me to use tepees to hold the runners up, but I went my own way as usual and tried a trellis system.  Only, the garden twine has not been strong enough to bear the weight of the vines and I didn't have enough trellises for the vines to grow up.  So, now, I have a mess of vines that aren't allowing much sun to penetrate and ripen the beans.  Plus, It's difficult to find the few that have appeared.  So, I have already purchased the bamboo poles to use next year and allowed my husband to gloat and tell me he had told me so.  It is just in my nature to have to see for my self.  He'll learn eventually.