<a href="http://bucktowngarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_7607.jpeg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-860" alt="IMG_7607" src="http://bucktowngarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_7607-300x200.jpeg" width="300" height="200" /></a>Black eyed susans grow wild.  Usually these grow with the chives but they haven't come up en mass yet.  Maybe more later in the season.  The tomatoes are doing well.  The sunflowers seem like a good companion plant.  Need to get pics of those containers up.  So far no mites seen on tomatoes but will go up tonight and do a more thorough inspection.  Rain has stopped coming daily and I've had to water now three days in a row.  Vines look healthy and good this year.  My poor man's drip irrigation using a soaker hose seems to work for alley planters.  One volunteer hops plant from many years ago has reached the highest so far.  Won't get much hops from this plant but maybe next year it will grow bigger if it can survive the winter.  We'll see.