The Squirrel is Stealing Zucchini Flowers!

The evil squirrel with the white spot on his tail is back again terrorizing the garden. This time he's got his eyes on the big and beautiful yellow zucchini flowers.

He's ripped off almost all of the flowers and now it looks like there are no zucchini's growing either.

Here's a little section of a timelpase video where I caught him in action:

Zucs and Cucs!

Splendid weather this past weekend and by that I mean it was terrible.  In between the rain I took a few pictures of the Zucchini and Cucumbers which are showing some life.  The flowers on the Zucchini are gorgeous when fully opened but I didn't manage to take this picture early enough in the morning to catch it.

Furry little Zuc

Only sign of life on the Cucumbers

Shortly after taking these shots I was joined by Mr. Kitty who spent the remainder of Sunday afternoon in this position.  Rough life, I just saw him basking in the final sun of the day in his other usual spot on the bedrock while I got a little bit of weeding done.

Summer Update

Most of the garden is taking off well. Here`s some baby beans just getting going.

Some sunflowers are getting really tall, but haven`t started to flower yet. Here`s a view of everything.

And 2 delicious strawberries about ready to eat. What a feast!

Mystery Plants!

One of the best parts of growing with compost in the soil is that your plants will get new friends that pop up from time to time. This sunflower has got a bunch of new mystery neighbors - little green sprouts that could really be from anything that ended up in the compost bin.

We pulled out one of the uninvited visitors and put her in her own pot. I think it's going to grow up into a cucumber.

This pot is a mini-ecosystem of mystery plants. Looks like a few tomatos and cucumbers.

Here's the full spread as of about June 14. The little pots in the bottom right are a mix of mystery plants and some poppies.

There has been one jalapeno plant that quickly met an early demise. The other three in the pot with him aren't looking so hot either.

The sunflower leaves have been hosting some sort of insect eggs. Here's an extreme close-up from just before they were washed off.

In The Beginning...

Looking back to my May 15 photos, and here is where it all began. Some zuchinni, crookneck squash, beans and some sunflowers all started from seed and getting ready to go through a rainy spring.

A little zuch' just getting his start in life.

Green bean with a bright future

Not sure how this little guy got up to the third floor balcony...