Monday Evening, August 3

It was a beautiful evening to check on the progress of the corn and squash.

The corn is filling out nicely and the silk is turning brown – a sign of maturity.

It looks like the Homestead will have a good corn crop.

I smiled when I noticed a few butternut squash vines moving into the corn rows. Crops like squash do not know farmer’s boundary lines. 🙂

The squash vines in Jacob’s field are also looking healthy.

The blossoms are dying as squash grow out of them.

They are in various stages of maturity.

Vines remind me a bit of umbilical cords. It is their life. Without a vine the squash will stop growing and eventually die.

It looks like this field will produce thousands and thousands of butternut squash.