...and elsewhere in the garden

we have a few issues ( who doesn't? ) but the garden is doing fine...the beds are flourishing and produce is coming in with bunches more on the way...i caught the yukon golds flowering with a slight variation on the potato bloom's general theme( check out the differences and similarities of the early blue, yema de huevos, red nordalnd, and yukon golds in the photos on the blog )...the red nordlands should be done in july and the yukons in august...the cucumber plants are doing well and will themselves ( i hope ) begin to bloom soon...i need to see vines...the tillering on the hopi blue maize is becoming more pronounced and it looks like some sort of big bunch grass...if things go well ( and we can keep the squirrels at bay...something i am skeptical about ) each of those tillers should produce ears of blue flint flour corn...saw a photo of it in a book titled " corn among the indians of the upper missouri" that mik stokely gave me ( thanks again coach ) that looked so much like northern tepehuan teosinte that i had to grow some...despite some concerns we are in pretty good shape...here's hoping it continues.