Good morning gardeners. Got tied up in contractor miscommunication world yesterday haggling over the kitchen countertop installation. Wow, all settled now. Had a storm roll through here yesterday evening. The wind was pretty wicked but no major damage. Some of the flower pots and tomato plants in containers were blown over, but no major damage. I tied up some of the tomato and pepper branches but I was happy there wasn't any breakage. I wish the overwintering kale worked here @Sequel, however I am in zone 5b and the average snowfall would crush the kale plants under cover. I suspect you don't get much snow around Puget Sound. There are a number of farmers here that leave kale and collards in their fields until November, but that is the latest it makes sense to keep longer. I pulled my curly kale to make way for a second planting of a more cold hardy variety and to plant a row of collards as well. The radishes and lettuce I planted a few days ago are already coming up. I froze nearly a pound of green beans the other day and have collected over a half pound again. This is from a tiny 2 1/2 square feet of garden space. The main planting of pole / green beans haven't started producing yet but are nearing that stage. The summer squash are struggling with trying to get their wet flowers pollinated, but I think I may have a yellow squash in another day or two. The butternut squash are doing their male flower dance and hopefully soon will start developing the squash soon. Not much else going on for now. I too am happy you got that tree down safely @gtaus. That can be a wee bit risky. I gave up playing with chainsaws when I turned 40. I know a guy who is a professional tree person so if ever I need, I can give him a call. Good to hear you didn't get slammed by last nights storm @Sueby. Apparently there was a lot of damage across Massachusetts so I feel quite fortunate. Have a great day all!
