Not much to look at, but with the drip irrigation my water hauling labor in the hot sun has been cut in half. Deer usually don't try to cross this fencing. For the squashes, I used 1 gal/hr emitters. Last year I gave each squash plant about a gallon per day during hot dry weather, so it's easy to calculate they will need one hour of drip irrigation per day.
I had to install a new T-junction and shut-off valve. The old ones were cracked and leaky. The rest was easier.
Here they are with their Indian Runner Duck friend. She was lonely before they came along - her companions were murdered by a vicious serial killer. My guess, raccoon or possum. Or maybe a feral cat. Now they have a fortress for safety. The duck sisters all seem to be female, but no eggs for another few months.
This is the tree that I attacked with a pruning saw in March (I think). Now every node has a healthy looking shoot.
Will it bear fruit this year? Maybe. This tree bears on new growth, in August or September. It's possible.
Today I finished filling in all of the potato trenches. Now the potato gnome can hide spuds among their roots.
When they are a little bigger, I'll hill up the plants will soil from between the rows. Meanwhile, they are nice and healthy and tidy.
