EAT YOUR VEGETABLES: Maryann James posts on vegetable gardening every Tuesday.

My veggies, lettuces and flowers are quietly growing, soaking up the abundant rain and sunshine we've been having lately. They've been doing so well, actually, that I'm overdue for spacing them out and transplanting my eager sunflowers, zinnias and nasturtiums to new homes. And I've still yet to retry my cucumbers. It's already too late to change my mind on repeating my beets experience (above) from last year.

I'm also overdue on answering a question from Kathryn on late planting. (There's a lot of tardiness in that sentence.)

She writes:

On that late start note, what can I still be planting this weekend that will give me something to harvest in October. I was thinking butternut squash.

Squash is a great for June planting and fall harvest; beans, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and pumpkins are also great choices. If you're feeling extra ambitious, you can also grow corn! And I don't mean for just the garden plotters out there -- one of my favorite urban gardening bloggers, Life on the Balcony, can show you how to grow corn in a container, too.

It's also not too late to start thinking of winter. You can get a start on broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower, too.