Snakes and Garden News

We walked outside the front door to get on the golf cart the other day and were greeted by this 5 ft long black snake right next to the house. George usually doesn't like killing the black ones because they are so beneficial around the house, but this one has been eating all the bluebird eggs from their houses on the trees around the farm so he had to go. I think the bluebirds tweeted a little "thank you" song after they saw what happened.

We have received over 5 inches of rain in the last 2 days. I am so glad we got the butterbean poles, wires and twine up before all of the rain. We went out today and fed the runners up the twine and might have to replant a couple of hills. We picked 5 squash and have blooms on the snaps so they will be ready for picking in a week. We also have small cucumbers forming that are about the size of your pinky. Tomatoes are blooming along with the zucchini and half of the row of sunflowers survived the mole.

Just waiting on the sun to pop out because it never showed itself today and it was unseasonably cool. Tonight there is a full moon shining across a foggy wheat field and the frogs are croaking at full strength. The lightning bugs are blinking and the kildees call in the distance. Summer nights are beckoning.