Not much in the garden today. I did a lot of weeding around the summer squash then watered them and the tomato plants. It looks my neighborhood groundhog, Lou helped himself to the struggling chard. Kind of don’t blame him. It’s been so dry lately there's not much tasty stuff around. They’re forecasting a half inch or more of rain tomorrow evening into Thursday. We really need it. Fortunately we are having another cool day. I’m waiting to see if we actually get the rain before I plant anything else. Yesterday went to BJ’s to stock up on a few things. I spotted strawberries and picked up two 2 pound packages. I’m making strawberry jam later. I tried buying jam at the grocery store but haven’t found anything that is plain old fashioned jam. The closest I got was the brand made at a nearby monastery, Trappist. I was disappointed because they use corn syrup. My home made jams consist of fruit, sugar, lemon juice and only sometimes pectin if needed. Simple. I’m increasingly hopeful I will finally get some summer squash. My plants looked really good after weeding and watering. Fingers crossed.
