Serious Mulch

Finally, we have some serious-looking mulch.  Last Saturday we got some spread around.

Two rows of beans above and cuke plants beginning (at the flag).

Two rows of kidney beans.

Grapes to the right, zuchini to the left.  In the middle, peppers, and far off at the top, melons.

On the day we returned from Colorado, the boys had all been out to a harvested wheat field where the farmer was baling the straw.  He sold it at two-fifty per bale if you picked it up in the field.  They loaded many more bales than they should have on the trailer (50), made it home, and now we can defend against the weeds.  Of course, now that it's hot, no weeds are sprouting or growing.  In fact, last night I witnessed a first:  bindweed wilting in the heat and dryness, while the grapes looked okay.

Tomorrow the heat is supposed to ease.  That means ninety-four instead of one hundred.