Garden is growing nicely as the weather has been really nice (except
for a few nasty windy days). I've 8 Roma tomato plants growing & 6
'maters so far, 4 zuccinis so far, garlic is going strong, corn &
carrots are a bit slow, marigolds, zinnias, cosmos(blooming
already), bachelor buttons(blooming) are doing great. One small bed
of radishes has already gone to seed. Basil has gone hog wild and
the wife is ecstatic! Roses are just finishing their first of three
(typically) rounds of blooms for the year.

Nasturtiums I found didn't like the heat (zone 7) last year but a
stray seed from last years planting found its way under one of the
rose bushes and thrived this spring so I planted a bunch more and
they love the shade of the roses.

And I caught 7 *&(%$&@%&#% squash bugs this morning. Do these
things serve a useful purpose?????? I've yet to find anything that
deters them except the space between my thumb and forefinger. In
spite of them life is good and the garden is beautiful!

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John S. DeBoo