Thanks! I’ve created a calendar item for next August so I remember to do this. I have chicken fencing that I need to use in my garden in order to get seedlings to grow; otherwise as soon as they emerge they become rat hors d’oeuvres. In the meantime I’ve set out rat traps; if I catch any of them I figure I’m evening the score.
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Grapes? I suspect a raccoon.
Here is a photograph of a fermented hot pepper sauce that I made with some of the produce from my garden: jalapenos, serranos, and habaneros, along with some garlic cloves:
Sadly, my straw-bale potato experiment was unsuccessful; more on that later (I did get some potatoes using another growing method, though). My tomatoes succumbed to a version of blight last month; but I am still harvesting okra and some remaining hot peppers.
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My mouth is watering! 
Sorry for the garden fails. Gardening is def an experiment in science and nature.
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The tomato season is continuing here, but not for long. My heirlooms did not do well this year, but cherries and Siberia varieties were very prolific! Cucumbers did well, too, and I made a couple of big batches of eggplant caponata from the eggplant produced by the four plants I had just to try a new variety.
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Removed my tomato plants today at my community garden - sad day. Still have one with MANY teeny weeny tomatoes at home - I pop them like candy!
Also pulled a few carrots today - and just made carrot top pesto - omg good! 
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My tomatoes are not showing any major signs of slowing down… just a few wilted leaves. But they will not be producing much because the nighttime temperatures have dropped into the fifties. I’ll give them a couple more weeks and then remove them. It was not the best summer for tomatoes here, unfortunately. The Siberia variety and Kahuku goldens were the clear winners.
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