Garden Dreams and Dirty Nails: August Hope

Heading into August I'm wondering if I'll see a melon, taste my own tomatoes, or pluck a red pepper! I am eating strawberries again, and they are big and juicy, a nice surprise. We had about 4 cups of cherries turned into cherry/brandy sauce for icecream, yummy! The perennials are doing great, the apples on the tree look good and I planted more green beans, hoping for a warm August.
More changes are coming to the back yard in the next few weeks. We are finally removing the original landscaping rock and what remains of the plastic from the back of the house. This means removing any plants I want to save, mainly milkweed and coneflower, and yes the monarchs arrived! I've seen a monarch everyday this past week, hoping it is not the same one each time. So, we have our work cut out for us, removing plants, then adding plants, and after that we'll have some large rock outcropping done on our small hill. Out with old rocks, in with new rocks!