I planted green beans last week on the 23rd. I hope there is still enough time for them to grow before fall frosts. I think it’ll work — they’re supposed to ripen in 60 days.

Yesterday (the 26th), I trimmed the roses to get rid of all the spent bud growth. This photo shows how the wind was blowing in a cool little storm we had last night, but you can also see the shorter, trimmed rose hedge. Hopefully, we’ll see a good rebloom on them in three weeks when we have all of my employees over for a barbecue.

Today, I sprayed Ortho Max all over the flowerbeds and on the corn to stop a grasshopper infestation. I’d hate to get back from vacation and find that the darned hoppers had eaten the silk off the corn ears like they did a few years ago! The first batch of corn is starting to create tassels on top now.

I weeded all through the corn patch and around the tomatoes and zucchinis. Also did the back flowerbed one more time yesterday before our trip.

The raspberries are still producing, but it’s tapering off quite a bit now. We got a moderate harvest of them today, and when we get back from vacation, it’ll probably be all over. Our neighbor is going to pick some while we’re gone, I think.

Our strawberries are heading into a second wave of production now. They’re doing fairly well.

The zucchini squash plants are getting large now, and there are a bunch of flowers forming. Only a few look like the female flowers right now (they have a mini squash at their base), so I hope some more appear or that I’m wrong about which ones are female.