A few pictures from the garden

Raccoons

Raccoon damage.

They knock over and destroy ten times as much as they eat.  There are a bunch of corn stalks stomped down flat all through the patch.

A few ears are starting to dry down.  I picked a couple to dry for seed just-in-case.

The guys at coffee suggested that I feed them soda pop.  For some reason that seems to diminish their appetite for corn.  One of the guys has a scientific bent.  He told me that the raccoons around his place preferred Red Pop to Coke Classic by a ratio of 3-to-1.

Read as much, or as little, into the relationship between soda pop and future appetite as you want.

Purple pole beans

As always, you can click to embiggen.

Approach grafts

Two of the eight approach grafts I made on July 28 are showing signs of life.  Apple leaves are in upper left corner and are frosty green in color.

Apple squisher to extract seeds

This is pretty high tech so you might want to take notes.

Left over scrap lumber from building Kubota's loft.  Bottom piece (reddish) is a 36 inch long piece of Douglas fir 2-by-6.  Top piece is a 2-by-4.

An old hinge.

An old screen door handle.

And a screw run into the base to prevent over-travel of the top piece. The goal is to crush the fruit, not smash the seeds.

You might want to sit at a picnic table and wear a swim suit when you use this tool.  You are likely to get juicy.