hot day update

lots of exciting news from the garden--a fair number of peapods are ready to go, the chard and lettuce are out of control, there are some more beets sticking up out of the ground, and i spotted little zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, tomatoes, and beans. i'd guess that there's at least one zucchini that will probably be ready by the end of the week so someone should go out there and get it!

on the work side of things, it looks like our little straw plan only sort of worked because weeds are getting out of hand in some areas, despite the straw. apparently we didn't do a super job of getting rid of everything before putting the straw down. some places are better than others.

i was able to weed a little bit but i didn't have a ton of time. i'd say that the "problem" areas are in the back right where the peppers are being choked out (and a couple of the roma tomato plants in the way back on the side that have no cages) and then by the herbs. i did some emergency weeding to give them a little room but i would guess that they'll be overcome again in a few days. almost everything is marked with sticks or cages or has yellow flowers or actual little vegetables on them so it should be much easier to weed now.

it was really exciting to be out there b/c there's a lot of stuff coming in. yippeee!!

oh, and if anyone has the nerve to put up our signs (in the dead of night?), they're on our front porch.