Jungle.
It took about 6 days for the cucumbers and zinnias to germinate - I noticed on Friday that the majority of those seeds were up. The lima beans have followed closely behind. I noticed that there are two yellow squash plants up today. I am amazed at the success rate for these seeds, since all were a year old and it is so late and hot for vegetables. We'll see if these plants thrive, but since all of them like hot weather, I think they'll probably do well with enough water and mulch.
Ben has been on a campaign this weekend againt the encroaching jungle in our backyard. The bamboo and wisteria and other vines come through the fence at an incredible pace from spring to late summer, and the only thing we can do is cut and beat it back for the next onslaught. It looks terrible. We spoke to Davy Jo (our neighbor) about how she deals with it. She showed us how she had built some cinderblock steps over her fence so that she can climb over into the woods behind. From there, she cuts everything down within about six feet of her back fence. So Ben went to the house on the other street whose backyard adjoins ours, and asked the lady who lives there if he could cut out most of the brush back there. She was happy to give him her permission, and showed him a few trees and a bush that she wanted to keep.
My success with the seeds planted last week encouraged me to plant some sunflowers "Velvet Queen" on the shed's wall that faces the vegetable garden.
