Cucumbers do well even when started late, in my opinion. They are fast growers and tolerate light frost. Squash in my area wouldn't be good to start late...I only get my squash and zucchini around July and early August and then they quit producing. Pumpkins take a loooong time to grow so it may be late on those...but it's great to experiment!!! I hear beans do well when started late...I think I am going to plant some this weekend :) I love blueberries...wish you could share some of the love with me haha!! I'd love to see pics!

Here are some blueberry pictures :) Sorry I haven't mowed between the bushes yet, so they won't look as pretty and professional haha.

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Here is the area I'm planting things in

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This spot looked much different and weedy a week ago! I have pictures of that I can upload if you guys wish :)

In the last picture, that's the part I have to weed. I'm going through that whole area with a pitch fork and fluffing it up and pulling as much morning glory weed out of it I can. Not the kind of morning glory people buy and plant, but the invasive one! I'm going to shred paper and mulch in between the areas where I plant so I can walk on the spots without compacting it. I might put cardboard down as well.

I planted pickling cucumbers less than five weeks ago and noticed the first fruits on the vines today. You're farther south than I am, so I think your chances are very good of making a good crop.

We plant pumpkins for Halloween around here by the fourth of July . Don't know about the giants, but again, I think you have a good chance.

I do hope, however, that you have more bed space than what you show in your picture or you may have a hard time finding the fruit amongst all the vines! :)

I have an updated picture I'll post soon. Aren't you further south than I am? I'm in BC Canada :)

Here are the updated photos I promised!

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Oh mercy, yes! All I saw was the zone number and I do tend to forget the PNW has the same zones as we do. Completely disregard everything I said. I doubt it has any application to you at all. Sorry.

Your soil looks positively beautiful.

Thanks, it's 10 or 11 year old compost. Haha :)

My Rutabagas germinated today in 4 days in 15-20 C weather. :)

Stuffradio, as soon as I read your post, I knew you were in the PNW! These last two summers have been the pits, and this year is the worst of the two.

It's pretty stupid when you have to knit blankies for the tomato and squash!

Sue

Yes, I fully agree with you. Haha, 2009 was awesome!

Stuffradio - something you might think about if you get another cold start to the season next year is sowing your squash seeds indoors. This is normal practice over here as we don't get enough heat to germinate squash until well into the summer. I sow my zucchini indoors in April and plant out in late May/early June. If it's still chilly they go under a pop bottle cloche for a while. They are perfectly happy being transplanted. And you don't need fancy grow lights if you have a big window or glazed porch. Also the babies are protected from snails etc in their first vulnerable weeks. I do this with tomatoes and beans too.

I'm picking zucchini now and the temperature outside is still only 19 or 20c. Hottest day so far this year has been 24c.

I hear oklahoma was facing triple digit heat into september.....if its a hot fall for everyone - who knows what will come through.....

July 4th weekend, I planted sugar baby pumpkin, butternut, and spaghetti squashes......it's a gamble, but may the force be with us!

Two Cucumbers are up I think. I'll post a picture of the two seedlings later to see if anyone can confirm that they're cucumbers. I didn't do a good job labeling what I planted where. I did mark where I planted seeds though. It's either Squash or Cucumber.

Here are my cucumbers yesterday.

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They have grown a tiny bit bigger since then. Just a few minutes ago I went to check on them, and saw a bird had pulled a squash seed from the ground! The seed came off, but it was all lying on the ground. I put the root back in and covered it mostly.

I have another Cucumber that's up as well, but I only posted two of them. Can't wait for my Pumpkin to sprout :) It took 8 days for the Cucumbers and 9 days for the Butternut Squash in cold weather.