Garlic planted...and lots of green beans

I planted the garlic last weekend. It was time for it to go into a shortened row (I try to rotate), so I am trying a trick from the Internet---two rows eight inches apart. If it works, I'll have an awful lot of garlic next year. I got such great garlic this year (every head was large and fat) that I find it hard to believe it wasn't just luck.

And then I went to pick the beans after having left them for a few days. Got about 1 3/4 pounds! Not that we needed any, so I used a few in a salmon salad and blanched and froze the rest.

What happened to the evil squirrels (or racoons)?

A couple of weeks ago something odd happened. Whatever was eating the tomatoes as they ripened, and stripping the bean plants, suddenly went away. Now I have a few end of summer tomatoes turning red with no harm done, and handfuls of green beans.

Good...but strange.