What's Growing On

Even with a late start, the garden is filling out and providing a bountiful harvest. The recent rainy stretch followed by intense heat also produced a bumper crop of weeds. I've managed to whip the weeds back to a manageable level and the garden looks like a garden again - instead of a jungle. The Kentucky Blue beans have climbed their strings and are waving over the tops of the towers like some kind of botanical Medusa.
The Soleil wax beans weren't climbing their strings. I guess the term 'upright' in the seed description doesn't necessarily mean pole bean. It makes for a unique sight: bush beans in a circle at the bottom of a bean tower of empty strings. Does that make them marionette beans?





Adding to the fun is the spaghetti squash. So far, it has managed to run two rows in each direction, into the field, and has taken over 2 tomato cages. Looks like there will be plenty of spaghetti squash for anyone who wants it! Luckily, I planted a variety called Small Wonder, so each one only gets the size of a cantaloupe. Harvesting it will be like an Easter egg hunt - that will be the fun part - where will the next one be found???