We live in a beautiful place

A quick visit to the garden to pick off the squash bugs, cucumber beetles and their assorted eggs from the squash plants, which have been pretty much exploding.  It seems like the squash plants are doubling in size each time we visit.  With the rain and warm sunny days we have been getting, the conditions seem to be perfect for explosive growth.  The tomatoes are also going wild.  Everything looks robust and healthy, including the weeds and the slugs.  The slugs are enjoying our chard, unfortunately.  We are enjoying the chard that they don't get to.  We also harvested our first squashes tonight.

And tonight featured one of those spectacular sunsets that we love watching on our "Estate", with a near full moon rising in the east.  Like we always say (especially when we visit the garden):  We live in a beautiful place.

Actually taken on July 7

Cosmos

Again

Globe Thistle

Slugs ate my Chard!

Picking Squash Bugs

Our first Squash of the season

 

Watering at sunset

Moon over Portland on our way home