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Racoons are visiting regularly now for the grapes and I see they have been picking my crab apples,fingers crossed they don't decide to try my squash.
I am  relieved the beans are flowering. Our weather has gone from roaring inferno to rainy and cool overnight so am a bit worried that this might be it for us, it is only mid August but it is not unknown, as long as we don't get frost we should be OK

Here the weather is crazy too.  Have never known 37C in my childhood before I came to England.  We got to go home from school early if it was 28C!  Well the kids would not be in school at all these days.  Having said that, we also had a very autumnal spell like you are having at the moment, Jeannine, before this crazy heat broke out. 

The weather definitely is changing in front of our eyes and it will test which of our varieties can adapt and which will not. 

And your racoons do sound like a pest you could do without.  Fingers crossed. 

Galina, I have to admit I do rather like the racoons as I hand raised an orphan for the SPCA, Rosie, in the 80s and that softened me up. I see their cheeky little faces peeping at me from the grape arbor when the outside lights turn themselves on, they freeze but I can see them clear as day. There is usually a Mum with a couple of babies each year. We gave up on the pond because the ate the fish and pulled all the plants up now they drink from the fountain we put in it's place. I don't mind them eating the grapes but they leave so many on the floor which is right on the path to my front door. Lovable little brats.Fortunately the bears can't climb my fence and they would not freeze so all is well.

We had a wee bit of sun today not much but at least not rainy and cold so fingers crossed it will keep up. One of my squash plants has given up. one of the smaller ones  @ of the others are doing very well and one small one is hanging on. I picked the small one off the dried up plant, I will keep it and cure it and see if it is edible but I won't use the seeds from it.

Sorry