This is one of my four tubs of Yukon Gold potatoes. No, they're not trashed. In fact, it's good that the vines are dying. As soon as they're all brown-- in about one more week, it's time to dump the tubs and harvest tasty tubers.
In an effort to give my tomato vines more room to spreadout, I caged my butternut squash this year. i'm pretty sure that by harvest time, the vines will have completed one vertical lap of the cage and started back up.
Just when I thought all of the burrowing rodents had moved out of my garden, Mr Cottontail showed up.
It's not that I mind one cottontail. it's when an entire regiment (reinforced) shows up that i briefly consider and discard the idea of unlimbering my scoped Ruger 10/22. Run bunny Run!
No, I didn't blast the bunny. Beside the territory under the peach tree in front of Ma Forbes' patio is "Sanctuary"! Besides, it's loaded with fallen ripe peaches.
The preceding interlude has been brought to you by an old retired journalist who succumbed to a long-represssed desire to grow things late in life.--Jim "Farmer "Forbes 06/20/2009
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