Formative Eggplant

It's going to be an eggplant! I have never had much success with growing vegetables. Fruits and berries, yes. Veg, no, but I went out on a limb this year and bought starts rather than trying to grow anything from seed. So far, I have only harvested one zucchini, but this formative eggplant gives me hope. The peppers (sweet and jalapeño) are almost ready to bloom as well. The tomatoes are flowering, although I have yet to see any sign that the pollinators are doing their job. And then there's the kale. After enjoying the thinnings as "microgreens," I've returned to my original opinion that it's not fit for human consumption. Scratch that one off next year's list of possibilities.