Cucumbers

We sprouted cucumbers in the shed, and took photos nearly every day until we set them out into the garden:

So far, so good. They are growing outside now.

Bush Beans

These are the bush beans. We've had so much trouble in past years with birds picking the seeds out of the ground that we tried sprouting the seeds inside this year. It took about two weeks and thus far only one plant was damaged by birds after we set them out.

We also sprouted a batch of pole beans in the shed and (Purple Pod) and set those out yesterday:

Guatemalan Blue Squash

Here is the Guatemalan Blue squash. The seeds are very thick and orange in color. The first two leaves are large - must be from the same squash family as pumpkin. At least one of these survived the birds plucking....

Stupid Birds

I have nothing against birds... until they decide to rip three-inch tall plants out of the ground and leave them there to desiccate in the sun. We found two nice, healthy Guatemalan blue squash seedlings laying on the ground today, and one of the bush beans is missing. All in all not a bad season but I wish the birds would leave the garden alone. After all, we provide nesting materials for every bird in the neighborhood when we mulch the yard waste after pruning each season. They should be grateful.

We set out purple pod pole beans today and created a custom ladder to heaven for them to climb on. Photos tomorrow....