I love little kids in overalls - gave my great-nephew a pair (baby shower gift) & can’t wait to see him wearing them. He’s definitely going to be a little “country” boy.
Tomatoes out the wazoo - not enough to can, but too many to take care of by eating. I left a 2nd box at the nearby fire station along with a gallon bag of cherry tomatoes .... snuck in a few cucumbers, too.
The cuke vines are dying - a relief, actually. I planted a morning glory in the same area as the cukes & that is starting up the trellis, so maybe I’ll have some flowers once I cut the cuke vines off.
All the flowers except the morning glories are blooming - sunflowers (Giant ones are huge. Teddy Bears are so cute!), cosmos, zinnias, tithonia (about a dozen flowers now - larger butterflies are showing up), cardinal climbing vines, marigolds (French & Giant) ... thyme is still blooming. No morning glories yet but the vines are lush - can’t wait to see what colors they’ll be. Yesterday, for the first time, I cut spent zinnia blooms to dry for next year’s seeds.
We have some ‘volunteer’ sunflowers under the bird feeders. The squirrels have found them and are cutting off the seed heads - their antics trying to get to the seed heads are pretty funny to watch. It won’t be so funny when they start getting into the raised beds.
If hummingbirds had landing lights, it would look like Chicago O’Hare Airport with lights lined up into the distance as far as you can see. The feeders are super busy - birds waiting in nearby trees to come in and feed. There is no doubt the nectar is being consumed by hummingbirds (no bats). They’re fun to watch - had a courting pair night before last - he was doing some major “swooping” and seemed to have her attention - he even shared the feeder with her.
Mild temps (80’s) this weekend and next week - need rain badly - grass is brown & crunchy. The garden/flowers are taking a lot of water to keep them going. Showers in the forecast for tonight & a few days next week - hope we get them without any ‘severe’ weather along with the rain.
tomatoes are coming on....cukes too...pulled my Walla Wallas and garlic.....beans are small but coming on too....
I have a few winter squash and one is very big....
lots of zucchinis....
went to the Garden/Pet store yesterday.....seeds are very picked over....but I did buy some organic seeds just to have in case of complete disaster with our food supply....
also want to plant some late season crops like carrots/beets/lettuce....