Mark has been working to get as much planted as he could in advance of the storms that were forecast for today, and he's gotten a lot accomplished.  This photo shows hot tops sitting over Brandywine tomatoes that went in right by the house.  We have a long narrow garden east of the back yard, and he planted the Beefsteak tomatoes there today.  Other plantings in the past couple of days include summer squash, onion plants and sets, and sweet corn.  The sweet corn went out in an impromptu garden; the cow pen our friends built last summer. It held a pile of manure they said they would spread with their Bobcat, but so far the only spreading has been whatever the horses have pushed around when they've wandered into the pen.  Rather than bring the manure to the seeds, Mark decided to bring the seeds to the manure.  That planting of corn should be through by county fair time, so here's hoping they don't need it for cows earlier this year than they have other years.