Daddy Dean would be proud

Yesterday we had a pretty incredible storm and the poor squash plants were swimming! They're in an area that collects the water that runs from the roof. I didn't even think about that when we planted them there. They survived, it seems, but the rain washed away most of the soil, leaving behing just some pine needles and sand. I'm now working on constructing some sort of makeshift gutter system to whisk the excess water away.

I'm rather proud of these plants. They're the only ones I've kept alive for more than a week and that seem fairly healthy. The biggest tomato plant is now bigger than Jonas, and the others, while smaller, are already bearing edible fruit. Yum! We also have tiny peppers on our pepper plant. Yippie!

We're thinking about adding a row of beans against the shed wall if I can come up with some sort of trellis for them to climb. We'll see. We may have our hands full enough. And it's pretty late in the season to be starting seeds, isn't it? But that's one advantage of Florida living, if you can stand the heat you've got a really long growing season.