Garden & Fruit Tree Update

It's been scant pickings in the garden here as of late. Some due to not fully prepping the beds and some due to weather. Anyway, I'm picking a few peas (mainly enough for seed but maybe a few for the pot) and an okra pod  or 3 every few days. I may haul in some seed corn (when Indian corn arrives at the store I may buy an ear or 2 for seed). 2 grapefruit size and 1 baseball size watermelons are on the vine so I need to keep them hydrated. The tomato plants that came up on their own are covered w/ flowers again so God willing I may reap another harvest there. Collard greens I still am guardedly optimistic about, hoping for at least a small mess. Lemon basil is firmly established I believe. I'll pick a few leaves but allow the lion's share to flower and go to seed. The Meyer lemon tree has 5 fruits about the size of ping pong balls and still green as gourds so I have to keep watering the tree. Mom has had a tree in her back yard for years but hers didn't make squat this year. As much as I love lemons (especially Meyer) I love my Mom more so if any of my fruit make it to maturity I'll give 'em all to her. I know she'll start the seeds for more trees and this lady could start from seed & grow damn near anything in a used, filled up w/ dook  cat litter box. Ok, She's never actually done it but if anybody can the smart money is on she can! She took the tops off some pineapples a few years back and stuck em in pots of dirt and actually growed pineapples in her sun room. Before I had space to take 'em in her pineapple plants was taking over the sun room so she chucked 'em out. I've tried a few times to grow pineapple plants from crowns like she did. After a week or so all I had was a soggy stinky mess in a pot w/ a wilted, withered mess atop it. Well, it's about time for me to go water the plants and the Quack Pack  before it gets too hot. Happy Labor Day!