Garden Update: 8 Weeks

My little garden is blossoming (no pun intended) into quite the producer, lately! It's been 8 weeks since the plants have been tucked into the earth, and so far they are coming along quite nicely (with a few disappointments here and there). Here is the official update:

• The red bugs are (mostly) gone! I credit cayenne pepper and hand squishing (I was wearing gloves). Thankfully, my basil has almost made a full recovery!
• The herbs are crazy producers! As far as I'm concerned, they've paid for themselves already. I harvest a large bag of herbs each week.
• My purple ruffles basil is turning green.
• I have one little zucchini growing away! Hopefully it will be ready for harvest soon.
• The tumbling tom tomatoes have already been coming in; we've harvested about 10 already!
• I've gotten a couple handfuls of green and yellow beans, but nothing too outstanding yet. To be honest with you, I'm surprised they're not as prolific as I expected them to be.
• Speaking of prolific, my pickling cukes are INSANE. There's a few ready every day for harvest. I enjoy eating them raw, although I would like to try to pickle some of them before summer's end.
• The larger variety tomatoes are beginning to ripen (although a racoon stole some of the green ones before they made it to that stage).
• About 6 san marzano tomatoes developed rot on the bottom and had to be tossed. It's been so humid, I'm honestly surprised it's not a larger number.
• My zucchini and squash plants have some bizarre looking greyish-white mold on the leaves. Does anyone know what this is from?
• The kale is growing very well in a planter, and I think next year I might keep it in the same place.
• Does ANYONE know what to do with turkish eggplant???

I will leave you with some photos!