Gardening update

Here are some gardening updates. The first three pictures are from August 4th.

Here's an odd specimen I found in the yard on August 20th:

And here are some more pics from the 20th:
I'm not really sure what is supposed to happen with that broccoli, but the plant seems to be quite large. That's a positive sign, right? (Honestly, a lot of my plants struggled during the month of July, as we had above-normal temperatures much of the month as well as little rain.)

I also received my GARBY cart today. No more worrys about bags or garbage can covers blowing out onto the street! This is good.