The pole beans are vining like crazy - a couple of them have almost reached the highest point on the supporting arbor. Cucumbers are producing steadily now - Mrs. Augie started another 3 quarts of fermented pickles over the weeknd. The tomatoes have responded nicely to the heat, sunshine, and anti-fungal treatment - the half dozen of them that were looking sick after nearly being drowned a month ago seem to have snapped out of their funk and are starting to take off. The rest are growing like mad and keeping me busy training branches. I bought some little spring-loaded clippy things off of amazon a few weeks ago. Those things are the bomb - way easier and way faster than tying off the branches with twine.
I planted all of the okra seedlings on Wednesday. They were starting to suffer in the greenhouse. It took them a couple days to get happy after the transplant, but they're looking good now.
The cabbage plants look decent, but I was a couple weeks late getting them out, and it looks like the heat is going to shut down their growth before they form the kind of heads that you want to see. I'll try again in the fall and see if that works out better.
Yesterday I cut the last of the dead trees below the pond dam. I need to finish chopping that one up and haul off the brush. Once that is cleaned up I'll be able to get started on the final round of landscaping on the pond dam.
Good neighbor Dave got my hay mowed and baled last week. Had to do a quick tune-up on Pops' old Minneapolis-Moline before he could pick the bales up and put them away. It hadn't been used since hay season last year.
I think some shade cloth in the greenhouse might be a good thing:
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