I was walking around the perimeter of the deck dusting the veggie plants for bugs and diseases and spotted a snake scoot across the ground. It went over to the edge of the deck and got part way up [deck is about six inches off the ground] and turned and gave me a look see. It scooted up onto the deck and went under one of the containers. I do not know where it went from there. The snake was about two feet long, brownish in color except for the head which was close to black in color. I just kept on doing what I was doing.

Made six vegetable chimneys since Saturday. I will be staking the peppers and eggplant which is already done. May need longer stakes for the peppers later on. The eggplant stakes are about four feet tall. That should be tall enough for the eggplant. Still need to make the Chimney for the cuke box. Already have one concrete reinforcement wire sheet 42 inches x 72 inches long I have not cut into yet. May need to add more height to some of the tomato chimneys later. Some of the tomatoes reach a height up to six feet or so.

Still harvesting red leaf lettuce yet. Still a lot out there for being only six plants. I only snip off what I need for the day.

Transplanted cukes again today I purchased. Plus I have four seeds in the cuke box that I put in about a week or so ago. Dug one seed up today and it has just germinated. The first transplants did not do well. Get cukes from the transplants or the seed I planted.

Over in the ground boxes behind the back fence I planted two ground boxes with five seed in each ground box of sunflower seed today. The soil felt quite warm in the ground boxes. A couple boxes were not doing well with the plants that are in them.