Squash Plants 2023

I've been slowly working on the front garden area, trying to get the soil back to being healthy. With all the years of neglect the soil is pretty much as hard a cement. I've been doing direct composting but I know that will take a long time to get anything to grow. 

Some squash plants sprung up near my compost bin so I just let them grow. If nothing else there is life in the yard and the bees seems to like it. I was going to take out the apple tree which is more like a bush because most of the branches are diseased. But it started flowering again so I'm leaving it for the bees. I will cut it way back this winter. The apples are so terrible even the squirrels won't touch it.