Planting squash and a snake sighting

I began to put my plans for a better squash season into action last week.  First I built a small structure from plastic tubing and covered it with Remay fabric. Then I planted two 'Tigress' squash seedlings inside, cosy and protected, I hope, from cucumber beetles.


Here's my little hoop house:

And inside before planting:

A view from the other end of the garden:

I've always been very comfortable with snakes, and enjoy meeting them in the garden. They are great eaters of small insects. I found this one under some lumber I moved to hold the Remay in place. I hope it sticks around to eat any cucumber beetles that show up!