June 3rd; Note Coyote and Buddy

1. Coyote decoy on the job. Leeks in the foreground. They're looking much better the last couple of days.

2. To the left are posts to be strung with wire for a row of tomatoes. To the right is a fence for cucumbers. The area in the middle is still open for development - quite likely for beans.

3. The trusty Troy-Bilt Junior rototiller/power composter. It's older than Buddy.

4. Three rows of fence posts set for tomatoes.

5. It's hard to see, but there are 8 hills of watermelons in the plastic area - 24 plants, all transplants from the greenhouse. The plastic absorbs heat and holds down weeds.

6. Three full rows of Bellstar paste tomatoes transplanted June 2. Each of the first three rows (from the left) has 22 plants. The fourth row has only 6 planted so far. That's it for Bellstar: 72 plants. I will add Oregon Spring to this area but will run out of space here. I have 126 Oregon Spring plants and will have to put the others elsewhere. Then I have about 250 other tomatoes to put in.

Space is rapidly filling up and I've not even planted corn yet. I might do that today. I'm thinking I'll plant it very close together to conserve space. The soil is rich enough to provide for all of them even if densely planted.