The Garden is Going Crazy

It always amazes me how quickly things change in the garden.  We were away for three days and three nights after some very nice rains.  Everything has grown noticeably.

• The tomatoes had to be tied up to another level.
• The pole beans are looking for a place to run.  The plants on the upper side of the bed were climbing up the plastic fence that keeps chickens out of the garden.  Rouse helped me make a string trellis.
• The center stalks of the broccoli plants must be cut NOW.
• There are enough beet roots ready to make beet pickles tomorrow.
• The squash plants have gotten huge, and baby zucchini and yellow squash fruits have formed.
• The okra plants have sprouted.  I still need to plant one more row of okra.
• The black raspberries will start ripening in the coming week.
• I'll start looking for potatoes in the coming week, too.
• The sugar snaps look like they're pooping out ... they aren't producing much fruit anymore, but maybe that's because I haven't kept them picked for a few days.