Just for the experience, Pax and I did our traditional big loop walk, but in the summertime. I got home dripping sweat, but Pax was able to take a dip in the creek about half way around. Quite sure we both prefer a winter loop.

There is something to be said for yellow peonies.

Later in the afternoon when the sun was not so intense I planted out a few remaining tomatoes along with a few peppers. The garden is now devoted to a smallish set of those vegetables amongst a substantial number of Oregon Homestead winter squash. All these plants were started out by, and most of them planted by, the master gardener at Sunny Slope Farm.

No beets this year because of the weed problem. And the fabric covering seems to be working well—squash growing well and not a weed in sight.