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Most folks are getting ready for the school year. Since I'm not teaching anymore, I am not as focused on the school calander as I used to be. I'm more focused on preparing the yard for cold weather seasons, harvesting more garden produce, and watering container pots under the eves.

So far, I've picked and frozen three or four quarts of green beans off the pole bean plants I planted on these trellises. I purchased each trellis for a little over ten bucks leaned them and tied the tops with twin to the wooden fence. They've been working great for bean pole support, and after harvest, I can stack them in the garage to use next spring. No fuss gardening. That's how I like it.

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This year, I plan to cover the garden with barrier plastic for the winter. The spring weeds were terrible this past spring and difficult to get rid of. They also made tilling nearly impossible. Next spring, I hope to have that problem solved.

My next issue is the neighbor's Weeping Willow tree growing over my garden. I'm thinking I can whack away at the dangling branches on my side, but waiting until freeze will be safer on the tree. I only want the branches scaled back, not a dead tree.

Pacific Northwest weather this summer has been very wet during planting and very dry when rain was really needed. My tomato plants grew tall and fell over. My corn is only hip high with tassels. Turnips are cut-worm eaten. Summer squash is spoiling on the vine. Peas tasted bitter. Cucumbers died and were replaced twice, only to produce a mere two cukes. But my celantro and radishes went wild, and I think the carrots will produce well.

What is quite comical is the winter squash. It's a type of turban squash that has found it's way up through the fence to produce several hanging squash. Wonder how long they can hold before its weight pulls it off. And that's how my garden's doing. How's yours?

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