[JustaDumbBlonde]

Hello Mr. Bender! My garden is a mixed bag ... I've let the winter squashes that were struggling fend for themselves. The okra is producing beautifully, as are the summer squashes. The tomatoes are done with round 1, and putting on little green fruit for later. My snap beans have done NOTHING ... I'm guessing it was too hot.

My geese ... my 33 beautiful, funny and spoiled canadian geese that I protect like they were children ... bless their hearts, discovered that they liked ladypeas. They ate 2400 row feet of beautiful (and this year, rare) lady cream peas. I'm sick about it and so are the people that ordered shelled peas from me. My 3 acres of scarlet peas and zipper cream peas have produced hundreds of bushels. I've been canning and selling for over 2 weeks now.

My speckled lima beans are loading up with pods like nothing I've ever grown before ... IF the geese don't harvest them before I do. :(

I know that all of your plants are beautiful. They always are! How is the berry thief?

[tubebender]

2,400 feet of one variety of peas and 3 acres of others??? You are Amazing and I mean that from the bottom of my soul!! You need to wade into the middle of your flock (gaggle?) and wring the neck of a young one and pluck it right there among them.

I picked the last of the Blueberries except a late variety today. She left enough for two batches of BB Muffins according to the Pastry Chef.

[afraidfortherepublic]

You keep Canada Geese on PURPOSE?

[Red_Devil 232]

I enjoy your stories about your gaggle of geese. My winter squash are a wash. I guess too much heat? The vining ones never produced. My original late spring plating of tomatoes are done for. I just set in some paste tomatoes last Friday and am trying to protect them even from the morning heat (it is supposed to be up to 101 for the next day or two) - Drats!

This is just one big disappointing season for me!

Next year will be better!

[Ellendra]

How is the flavor on the zipper creams? I planted a few this year but they were killed in a hail storm.