garden cat

the sweet potatoes out back arc coming along fine...trailing across the ground and seemingly enjoying the heat...the scarlet runner beans are filling the trellis but i haven't seen any signs of flowers yet...they are a cool weather crop and they may be waiting until autumn to produce beans...or they may just say no...the squash continues to produce new buds along their vines as they utilize the sunflowers as a natural trellis...there is northern tepehuan teosinte coming along in the backyard as well as on campus and as they flower i will be cross pollinating them to see how many ears they will produce...getting the seeds to maturity may not prove any more possible than it did last season but there is always hope that if the summer heat lingers into autumn that the season may be long enough...the last photo is of daisy hanging out by the runner beans, squash, and sunflowers...critter patrol on duty.